Submitted NameRevisions Save Gender Masculine Usage English, Indigenous Australian Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 7/24/2019 by LMS Edited 7/25/2019 by elbowin Meaning & History Transferred use of the surname Merriman.UMBARRA, an Aboriginal elder of the Djirringanj/Yuin people, was also known as King Merriman because he lived on Merriman Island.