Merton.
Any of several placenames in England from words meaning lake and settlement.
Meaning & usage
Any of several placenames in England from words meaning lake and settlement. A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS5212).
Any of several placenames in England from words meaning lake and settlement. A district in borough of Merton, in south-west Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2670).
Any of several placenames in England from words meaning lake and settlement. A London borough of Greater London.
Any of several placenames in England from words meaning lake and settlement. A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP5717).
A town in the Shire of Mansfield and the Shire of Murrindindi, north eastern Victoria, Australia.
An English habitational surname from Old English from the placenames.
Ellipsis of Merton College, Oxford.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old English Merantūn.
Try it on your idea.
Merton has 6 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.
These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.
Explore the name generatorA word with a source.
Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.
Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.