Merfyn

Gender
Male (Masculine | Boy)
Usage/Origins
Meaning
Derived from the Welsh element "mer" meaning "marrow" and "myng" meaning "eminent". Thus, it stands for "eminent marrow" or "famous bone".
Popularity
The name Merfyn is not very common or popular worldwide, and its usage is mostly confined to Welsh-speaking regions.

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Merfyn Name meanings & History

Derived from the Welsh element "mer" meaning "marrow" and "myng" meaning "eminent". Thus, it stands for "eminent marrow" or "famous bone". From an Old Welsh name (recorded variously as Mermin, Merhin or Merwin [1]), of uncertain meaning. It is possibly from mer "bone marrow" or mor "sea" with the second element possibly mynawg "eminent, noble" [2], mynnu "wish, desire" [3] or myn "young goat, kid" [4]. This was the name of a 9th-century king of Gwynedd, Merfyn Frych. Merfyn is mostly used as a masculine given name in the Welsh language-speaking regions of the world.

Zodiac Sign of Merfyn: Mother Cancer

Synonyms of Merfyn:

M: Mother,Mushy,Memory,Maternal,Manipulative,Mommy,Memorabilia

E: Entertain,Enlighten,Environment,Expressive,Exaggerate,Enliven

R: Rational,Restless,Resourceful,Reason

F: Festive,Friendly,Fiery,Fun-loving

Y: Yen/money,Yin/Yang,Youth-giving

N: Neurosis,Nervous,Nice,Nagging,Neat,Nitpicking,Nutrition

Merfyn is:

  • a Complex name
  • a Mature name
  • a Urban name

2.) MERFYN (Male)

Usage: Welsh

Meanings: Popular name derived from the Old Welsh elements mer (marrow, brains) or mor (sea) and myn (eminent, prominent, high, hill): hence, “sea hill, eminent marrow.” The name is Anglicized as Mervyn. (MER-VIN)


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