Mert is a boy's name of Turkish origin meaning “the manful, brave one.” In 2024 it was given to 14 boys in the United States.
Mert belongs to the Turkish tradition. Its meaning — “the manful, brave one” — is the sense carried by its Turkish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Mert first appears in Social Security records in 1915. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #3491 in 2018, and in 2024 14 babies received the name — 529 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Mert means “the manful, brave one” in its Turkish roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Mert is a boy name. In 2024, 14 babies received the name in the US.
Mert comes from the Turkish tradition.
Mert first appears in US records in 1915. Its best-ever ranking was #3491 in 2018, and 14 babies were given the name in 2024.
Mert is pronounced /mært/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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