What Does Merrick Mean?
Merrick is a common surname in Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland. Thus it means different things in different places. In Wales it is believed to have been derived from the Welsh name Maurice which is Mauritius in Latin. Alternatively in England it is believed that it is derived from the Germanic words Mari which means fame and ‘ric’ which means power. In Scotland on the other hand it denotes a habitational name from a place close to Minigaff and is derived from ‘meurach’ which is Gaelic for fork in the road or river. In Ireland it is considered to be the Anglicized version of Mearadhaigh. In addition there is also a small hamlet in Nassau County in the state of New York in the USA which is also called Merrick. In this context Merrick means peaceful and its name is derived from the Native American word Meroke.
