Merlin
From the Welsh name Myrddin, used in the Arthurian legends.
Meaning and origin
Merlin entered common use through Geoffrey of Monmouth's 12th-century Latin Historia Regum Britanniae, his adaptation of the Welsh Myrddin.
How to pronounce Merlin
| English (US) | MER-lin |
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