Merrell

Where Merrell comes from

Variant of Muriel.
— Wiktionary's entry for Merrell
Along the way
  1. 1911
    First appearance
    #1,740 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1915
    Peak, #1,265
    27 babies named Merrell — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1934
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,563.
  4. 1986
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.