Myrddin
Welsh · Boy · 2 syllables
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About the name Myrddin
Myrddin means "sea fort" or "sea hill," derived from the Welsh elements "myr" (sea) and "din" (fort/hill).
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Etymology
Myrddin means "sea fort" or "sea hill," derived from the Welsh elements "myr" (sea) and "din" (fort/hill). The name is primarily Welsh and is most famous as the Welsh form of Merlin, the legendary wizard of Arthurian legend, particularly prominent in medieval Welsh literature and Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae.
Myrddin currently ranks #1,250 in the United States as a boy's name. It reached its peak popularity around 2005.
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