Gender Masculine
Usage Welsh
Meaning & History
From an Old Welsh name (recorded variously as Mermin, Merhin or Merwin [1]), of uncertain meaning. It is possibly from mer "bone marrow" or mor "sea" with the second element possibly mynawg "eminent, noble" [2], mynnu "wish, desire" [3] or myn "young goat, kid" [4]. This was the name of a 9th-century king of Gwynedd, Merfyn Frych.
Related Names
Categories
animals, baby animals, body parts, desire, fame, goats, isograms, kings, nobility, ocean, sea, uncertain etymology, water, wishes
Sources & References
- Page at https://archive.org/details/annalescambriae00willgoog/page/n64/mode/2up.
- Matasović, Ranko. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic. Brill, 2009, page 276.
- Matasović, Ranko. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic. Brill, 2009, page 256.
- Matasović, Ranko. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic. Brill, 2009, page 266.
