Given name
Mertice
“a well-known lady”
Mertice is used as a given name. One English interpretation is “a well-known lady.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a well-known lady.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1897. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mertice through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 414
- 0 boys · 414 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1954. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 25 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 111 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mertice’s family of names
Mertice has a related form in Myrtle. Mertice has a related form in Merteace. Mertice has a related form in Mertiece.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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