Around the world, Merritt (Merritt 
, ميريت 
, מריט 
) is quite a rare gender-neutral given name. The first name Merritt is characteristic of the United States, where it is a rare gender-neutral name, Egypt, where it is a rare girly name, and China, where it is an extremely rare masculine name. More frequently, Merritt is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Merritt | United Kingdom, Australia, Taiwan, United States, Canada |
| ميريت | Palestinian Territory, Egypt |
| מריט | Israel |
| Мерритт | Kyrgyzstan, Russia |
Merrit, Меррітт, and เมอร์ริทท์
Merritt is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .
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hulett c. merritt American investor and real-estate developer (1872-1956), US (b. 1872) |
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| dixon lanier merritt American writer (b. 1879) |
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| king merritt member of the Rodeo Hall of Fame (1894-1953) (b. 1894) |
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| herm merritt American baseball player, US (b. 1900) |
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| marshall merritt American artist (1904-1978), US (b. 1904) |
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| hosey william merritt (b. 1918) |
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lee merritt US civil rights lawyer and activist,, US |
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| ross merritt (b. 1921) |
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| tripp merritt American football coach, US (b. 1968) |
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| ahmad merritt American football player, US (b. 1977) |
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| corbin merritt college basketball player (2020–2020) Oklahoma |
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| hayes merritt American physicist |
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| sears merritt Ph.D. University of Colorado at Boulder 2013 |
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| cullen c. merritt public administration academic |
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| cullen c merritt researcher (ORCID 0000-0001-9821-0257) |
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