Message: "Merit" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Merit

by Andromache (Hannah Ruth)

1/1/2009, 1:11 PM

WDYTO Merit?

As well as being an English word and a Swedish nickname for Margaret, it is also Ancient Egyptian. Merit Ptah is the earliest known female physician.

I also like Meritaten, the name of an Egyptian queen of the 18th dynasty, but that's a major GP.

- sonny20

1/1/2009, 8:47 PM

I don't normally like unisex names but I like Merit for either a girl or a boy.

- abbasdaughter

1/1/2009, 7:12 PM

ok for a place or a surname, but I don't like it as a given name.

- Amazing

1/1/2009, 1:39 PM

I love it, i think it's sweet.

My combo is, Audrey Merit.

- Avis

1/1/2009, 1:16 PM

It's not my style, but I quite like Merit as a nickname for Margaret. It's different, but not too bizarre sounding/looking.

- Sabrina Fair (tigerlilly)

1/1/2009, 1:13 PM

I like it but spelled Merritt.

- brilliantblue +1

1/1/2009, 1:12 PM

I kind of like it! I'm not really into virtue names, but this could grow on me. What about using it as a nickname for Margaret or Meredith?

- Andromache (Hannah Ruth)

1/1/2009, 1:13 PM

I do like Margaret and Meredith, but they don't fit my style at all.

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