"Merritt" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Merritts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~}} Merritt (countable and uncountable, plural Merritts)
  1. A surname. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Merritt-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  2. (countable) A unisex given name.
    A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th and 20th century usage.
    Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Merritt-en-name-ABcWLlI8 Categories (other): English female given names, English given names, English male given names, English unisex given names
  3. (countable) A unisex given name.
    A female given name from surname, of 1970s and later usage.
    Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Merritt-en-name-kng7djYn Categories (other): English female given names, English given names, English male given names, English unisex given names
  4. (space flight) Ellipsis of Merritt Island: Synonym of Kennedy. A spaceport in Florida, United States Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Alternative form of: Merritt Island (extra: Synonym of Kennedy. A spaceport in Florida, United States) Categories (place): Places in Florida, USA, Places in the United States Derived forms: Kasabach-Merritt syndrome, Merritt Island
    Sense id: en-Merritt-en-name-p7FSGQDK Categories (other): Space flight, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 29 24 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 23 21 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 21 20 48

Inflected forms

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