Given name
Merfyn
“marrow”·“eminent”
Merfyn is a masculine given name from Middle Welsh. It is used in Welsh.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Merfyn is built from elements meaning “marrow” and “eminent”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Welsh, although the derivation remains uncertain.
The story
The name’s historical associations include a 9th-century Welsh king.
Merfyn’s family of names
In Welsh usage, Merfyn has a later derivative in Marvin.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Merfyn
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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