Merlin Family History
- Merlin Name Meaning
- English, French, and Spanish (Merlín): from the Old French personal name Merlin, Latin Merlinus was derived from the Welsh personal name Myrddin. Merlinus was a Latinized form of Myrddin devised by Geoffrey of Monmouth and popularized in the Arthurian romances. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Merle, a pet form of Miryam (see Mirkin).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 70,413 Historical Documents with Merlin on Ancestry
- 48,271 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 10,212 Census and Voter Lists
- 2,060 Military Records
- 2,328 Immigration Records
- 7,542 Member Trees
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Number of Merlin families
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Merlin families
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12 - 22 5 - 11 |
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Merlin census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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