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Merlin
Pronounced /ˈmɝlɪn/
Rank in 2024
#2,078
Born in 2024
72
Peak year
1927 · #287
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 72 boys were named Merlin, about 1 in every 23,824.
- It peaked in 1927 with 389 babies, ranked #287.
- It first shows up in the records in 1885.
- 14,987 boys have been named Merlin since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Merlin per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.3Greatest1901–27
- 0.2Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 4,316 babies, 0.26 per 1,000. Silent: 4,983 babies, 0.24 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,763 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen X: 961 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Millennials: 626 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 659 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 615 babies, 0.03 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle English Merlyn, from Medieval Latin Merlinus and Old French Merlin, from Proto-Brythonic *Mor-ðin (literally “sea-hill”), from Proto-Celtic *mori (“sea”) + *dūnom (“stronghold, rampart”).
- A male given name.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈmɝlɪn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Merlin, CC BY-SA 4.0.