Throughout the world, Merit (Merit 
, บุญสิทธิ์ 
, บุญบาล ) is quite a common gender-neutral first name. The given name Merit is characteristic of Equatorial Guinea, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Estonia, where it is quite a rare girly name, and Mongolia, where it is quite a rare male name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Nigeria, Egypt, and Mexico. Likewise, Merit is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Merit | Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Mexico, Egypt, France |
| บุญบาล, บุญสิทธิ์ | Thailand |
| Мерит | Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan |
Maarit, Marit, Marít, Meret, Merete, Meretricious, Merite, Meriter, Merrit, Merıt, Märit, Mèrit, Mérit, Марит, Мерет, מריט, ميرت, กล่ำบุญ, กอบกุศล, กันบุญ, การบุญ, กำลังบุญ, กุศลสัตย์, ขุมบุญโต, ครบุญ, คร้ามสมบุญ, คำบุญ, คุ้มบุญ, ชาตาบุญ, ดวงบุญ, ตนบุญ, ตัวบุญ, ตุ้มบุญ, ต่อบุญ, ทูลบุญ, บุญ, บุญกรม, บุญกรรเชียง, บุญกลิ่น, บุญกองชาติ, บุญกองลาภ, บุญกัน, บุญการ, บุญการณ์, บุญกำเนิด, บุญกำเหนิด, บุญกิจ, บุญกุศล, บุญครบ, บุญครอบ,
| merit hertzman-ericson Swedish psychologist (1911-1998), SE (b. 1911) |
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merit hallap (b. 1969) |
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merit ptah wife of Ramose |
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| merit wager Swedish writer, SE (b. 1946) |
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| merit hemmingson SE (b. 1940) |
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| merit palas Finnish violinist, FI (b. 1955) |
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| merit e. janow American academic, US (b. 1958) |
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merit brennecke DE |
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| merit kopli Estonian journalist, EE (b. 1969) |
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| merit schambach German business woman and photographer, DE (b. 1972) |
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| merit kullinger researcher |
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| merit miller Estonian draughts player, EE |
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| merit wildung researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-2444-8462) |
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| merit milad researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-1807-8634) |
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| merit van eck researcher |
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