Merritt (given name)

Merritt is a masculine and feminine given name. It is of British origin and is traditionally a male name. Notable people with the name include:

Merritt Brunies (1895–1973), American jazz trombonist and cornetist
Merritt Bucholz (born 1966), American architect
Merritt Butrick (1959–1989), American actor
Merritt L. Campbell (1864–1915), American politician
Merritt Clark (1803–1898), businessman and politician
Merritt Cooke Jr. (1884–1967), American football player
Merritt B. Curtis (1892–1966), United States Marine Corps officer
Merritt A. Edson (1897–1955), United States Marine Corps general
Merritt Lyndon Fernald (1873–1950), American botanist
Merritt Gant (born 1971), guitarist
Merritt B. Gerstad (1900–1974), American cinematographer
Merritt Giffin (1887–1911), American athlete
Merritt J. Gordon (1859–1925), associate justice of the Washington Supreme Court
Merritt Green (1930–2016), American football player
Merritt Eldred Hoag (1909–1994), lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army
Merritt Hotchkiss (1814–1865), Canadian politician
Merritt Yerkes Hughes (1893–1971), academic
Merritt David Janes, American stage actor and singer
merritt k, Canadian video game designer
Merritt Kellogg (1832–1922), missionary
Merritt Lamb (1892–1918), scout
Merritt Mathias (born 1990), American soccer forward
Merritt Mauzey (1897–1973), American lithographer, author and illustrator
Merritt C. Mechem (1870–1946), jurist and politician
Merritt Patterson (born 1990), Canadian actress
Merritt Paulson, American businessman
Merritt Putman (1900–1995), Canadian cross-country skier
Merritt Ranew (1938–2011), American baseballer
Merritt J. Reid (1855–1932), American architect
Merritt C. Ring (1850–1915), American lawyer
Merritt Ruhlen (born 1944), American linguist
Merritt Roe Smith (born 1940), American historian
Merritt Starkweather (1891–1972), architect
Merritt Wever (born 1980), American actress
Merritt F. White (1865–1934), American politician
Merritt Lis Dostmann (born 2006), Kranichfelder Rosenkönigin

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