Merton

English

"town by the lake"

Merton Origin and Meaning

The name Merton is a boy's name of English origin meaning "town by the lake".

Sounds like a displaced Dr. Seuss character.

Merton Rank in US Top 1000

# 903 in the US

Famous People Named Merton

• Merton Howard Miller American economist; winner of the Nobel Prize
• Merton Edward Hanks American NFL football player
• Merton Elmer Lewis American lawyer and politician
• Merton Daniel Simpson American painter
• Merton M. Sealts Jr., American literary critic
• Thomas Merton. American Catholic writer mystic, and Trappist monk
• Robert Cox Merton American economist; winner of the Nobel Prize

Merton in Pop Culture

• Merton Densher engaged to Kate Croy in The Wings of a Dove (1902) by Henry James; 'character in part based on Ford Madox Ford'