58%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage English (Rare) Pronounced Pron. MEHR-it [key·IPA] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Either a variant of Merritt or else simply from the English word merit, ultimately from Latin meritus "deserving". Related Names Same SpellingMerit 2User SubmissionMerit People think this name isRate·Details modern wholesome strong strange Categories cigarette brands, English nouns, English verbs, isograms, rare English, surnames, variants, virtue names, word names