Name: Merlin
Gender: Male
Usage: Merlin, of celtic origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Merlin are in general originating from Estonia, France, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Merlin across the world, see Myrddin.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Merlin is: Sea fort, Hawk.
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Numerology of the first name Merlin: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 8. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: ambitious, successful, realistic, powerful, authoritative, courageous, leading.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Visionary
Ruling planet: Saturn
Colors: Black, Purple
Gemstones: Ruby, Amethyst
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The name Merlin is ranked on the 4,109th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 79300 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.002% of the population. The name Merlin has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Merlin for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Merlin is 12 November.
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History and Origin
Merlin is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Merlin Bartz (born 1961), Iowa State Senator
- Merlin Bronques, American musician and photographer
- Merlin Guilfoyle (1908–1981), Roman Catholic bishop
- Merlin Hanbury-Tracy, 7th Baron Sudeley (born 1939), British peer, author and right-wing activist
- Merlin Holland, author
- Merlin Hull (1870–1953), lawyer, newspaper publisher and member of the United States House of Representatives
- Merlin Malinowski (born 1958), retired Canadian National Hockey League player
- Merlin Miller candidate for President, 2012, Third Position Party (received 2,604 votes)
- Merlin Minshall (1906–1987), British intelligence agent often claimed as an inspiration behind James Bond
- Merlin Olsen (1940–2010), American football player
- Merlin Santana (1976–2002), American actor
- Merlin Volzke (born 1925), retired American jockey
Usual English form of the Welsh name Myrddin. The name is most famous as that of the legendary magician who guides the destiny of King Arthur. It seems to have originally been composed of Old Celtic elements meaning ‘sea’ and ‘hill, fort’, but it has been distorted by mediation through Old French sources, which associated the second element with the diminutive suffix -lin.
Variant: Merlyn (occasionally given to girls, as if containing the productive suffix of female names -lyn).
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