Merritt (given name)

Merritt is a masculine and feminine given name. It is of British origin and is traditionally a male name. Notable people with the name include:


 * Merritt Brunies (1895–1973), American jazz trombonist and cornetist
 * Merritt Bucholz (born 1966), American architect
 * Merritt Butrick (1959–1989), American actor
 * Merritt L. Campbell (1864–1915), American politician
 * Merritt Clark (1803–1898), businessman and politician
 * Merritt Cooke Jr. (1884–1967), American football player
 * Merritt B. Curtis (1892–1966), United States Marine Corps officer
 * Merritt A. Edson (1897–1955), United States Marine Corps general
 * Merritt Lyndon Fernald (1873–1950), American botanist
 * Merritt Gant (born 1971), guitarist
 * Merritt B. Gerstad (1900–1974), American cinematographer
 * Merritt Giffin (1887–1911), American athlete
 * Merritt J. Gordon (1859–1925), associate justice of the Washington Supreme Court
 * Merritt Green (1930–2016), American football player
 * Merritt Eldred Hoag (1909–1994), lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army
 * Merritt Hotchkiss (1814–1865), Canadian politician
 * Merritt Yerkes Hughes (1893–1971), academic
 * Merritt David Janes, American stage actor and singer
 * merritt k, Canadian video game designer
 * Merritt Kellogg (1832–1922), missionary
 * Merritt Lamb (1892–1918), scout
 * Merritt Mathias (born 1990), American soccer forward
 * Merritt Mauzey (1897–1973), American lithographer, author and illustrator
 * Merritt C. Mechem (1870–1946), jurist and politician
 * Merritt Patterson (born 1990), Canadian actress
 * Merritt Paulson, American businessman
 * Merritt Putman (1900–1995), Canadian cross-country skier
 * Merritt Ranew (1938–2011), American baseballer
 * Merritt J. Reid (1855–1932), American architect
 * Merritt C. Ring (1850–1915), American lawyer
 * Merritt Ruhlen (born 1944), American linguist
 * Merritt Roe Smith (born 1940), American historian
 * Merritt Starkweather (1891–1972), architect
 * Merritt Wever (born 1980), American actress
 * Merritt F. White (1865–1934), American politician
 * Merritt Lis Dostmann (born 2006), Kranichfelder Rosenkönigin