Merit - name meaning and origin

The boy's name Merit \m(e)-rit\ is a variant of Merritt (Old English), and the meaning of Merit is "boundary gate".

The baby name Merit sounds like Meritt, Mart and Mort. Other similar baby names are Meril, Bert, Brit, Herut, Derito, Gerrit, Heriot, Marik, Mario, Merom, Moriz, Moritz, Moris, Meir, Meiri, Merce, Merle, Merrik, Meryl, Merril, Merill, Mori and Morio.

Merit is a very rare male first name and a very rare surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Merit. Compare Merit with related baby names.