Name Meanings & Origins

MERLINDA

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The name MERLINDA derives from MERLIN, and may have Caribbean, Filipino, Arthurian Romance, or English origins.

Form of the Welsh name Myrddin (meaning "sea fortress") used by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his 12th-century Arthurian tales. Writing in Latin, he likely chose the form Merlinus over Merdinus in order to prevent associations with French merde "excrement".

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