The baby name Mert is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced Turkish: /mɛɾt/ — approx. 'mert' (rhymes with 'bert').
Mert is Turkish in Origin.
The baby name Mert is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced Turkish: /mɛɾt/ — approx. 'mert' (rhymes with 'bert').
Mert is Turkish in Origin.
Mert is a Turkish masculine given name from Persian mard “man,” entering Ottoman Turkish and settling in modern usage. In Turkish it denotes “brave, upright, truthful, of integrity” and by extension “gallant, dependable.” The word appears in classical Ottoman poetry and folk idiom as an epithet for a man who keeps his word, and it transitioned from descriptive noun to personal name. Use expanded with the Turkish Republic’s preference for concise, virtue-based names, then surged in popularity from the 1980s onward across Turkey and the Turkish diaspora.
Variants and cognates include Azerbaijani Mərd/Mərd, Kurdish Merd, and Persian Mard (as the lexical source rather than a given name). In Turkey, elaborations and compounds are common: Mertcan, Mertkan, Mert Ali, and Mert Kaan. The name carries a strong, modern sound with classical roots, conveying courage, honesty, and steadfast reliability.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | Boys | 2025 | #1 | — | 423 |
| TR | 0 | #30 | 63,082 | 19,440 | |
| MT | 0 | #43 | 1 | 1,767 | |
| GE | 0 | #44 | 1 | 997 | |
| LU | 0 | #66 | 1 | 2,830 | |
| AF | 0 | #76 | 1 | 1,883 | |
| AL | 0 | #76 | 1 | 2,372 | |
| JP | 0 | #77 | 1 | 4,057 | |
| SI | 0 | #79 | 2 | 1,612 | |
| BG | 0 | #80 | 3 | 1,799 | |
| MD | Boys | 0 | #81 | 1 | 756 |
| CN | 0 | #86 | 1 | 3,857 | |
| QA | 0 | #105 | 2 | 7,011 | |
| BG | Boys | 0 | #109 | 151 | 3,850 |
| GE | Boys | 0 | #109 | 2 | 2,055 |
| OM | 0 | #120 | 2 | 6,215 | |
| EE | Boys | 0 | #124 | 2 | 2,087 |
| AZ | Boys | 0 | #128 | 4 | 1,400 |
| Switzerland | Boys | 2024 | #131 | 7 | 1,769 |
| IQ | 0 | #132 | 2 | 3,533 | |
| GR | 0 | #134 | 2 | 3,911 | |
| LT | Boys | 0 | #150 | 2 | 2,166 |
| RS | Boys | 0 | #154 | 1 | 2,277 |
| HU | Boys | 0 | #169 | 6 | 3,954 |
| Sweden | Boys | 2022 | #174 | 9 | 1,509 |
| MT | Boys | 0 | #175 | 5 | 4,064 |
| Belgium | Boys | 2017 | #184 | 27 | 420 |
| AE | 0 | #184 | 4 | 10,220 | |
| RU | 0 | #194 | 1 | 3,641 | |
| SI | Boys | 0 | #199 | 11 | 3,402 |
| Austria | 0 | #201 | 13 | 850 | |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #201 | 67 | 6,912 |
| DK | 0 | #203 | 4 | 5,198 | |
| PL | 0 | #212 | 1 | 2,600 | |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #215 | 6 | 4,970 |
| AL | Girls | 0 | #227 | 1 | 4,141 |
| BG | Girls | 0 | #227 | 5 | 3,559 |
| IR | 0 | #231 | 1 | 4,221 | |
| PT | 0 | #250 | 1 | 4,161 | |
| Austria | Boys | 0 | #251 | 215 | 2,180 |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #256 | 1 | 7,111 |
| HR | Boys | 0 | #259 | 1 | 3,997 |
| AF | Boys | 0 | #271 | 4 | 3,535 |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #291 | 6 | 6,578 |
| AL | Boys | 0 | #296 | 8 | 5,122 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #296 | 30 | 7,401 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #300 | 4 | 7,909 |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #301 | 5 | 6,530 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #302 | 1,245 | 5,697 |
| SA | 0 | #311 | 2 | 10,560 | |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #330 | 2 | 9,639 |
| Canada | Boys | 2017 | #331 | 5 | 2,609 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #334 | 7 | 6,459 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #343 | 1 | 15,378 |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #355 | 4 | 7,678 |
| PL | Girls | 0 | #364 | 1 | 5,096 |
| NL | 0 | #367 | 25 | 2,481 | |
| Germany | 0 | #378 | 60 | 2,542 | |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #381 | 1 | 7,951 |
| France | Boys | 2021 | #383 | 5 | 2,865 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #388 | 2 | 7,057 |
| YE | 0 | #397 | 2 | 8,639 | |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #407 | 2 | 11,440 |
| EG | 0 | #412 | 1 | 6,387 | |
| Finland | Boys | 0 | #414 | 14 | 2,041 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #424 | 1 | 15,987 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #429 | 1 | 13,098 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #438 | 702 | 5,873 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #463 | 4 | 10,523 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #475 | 31 | 12,621 |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #483 | 1 | 7,628 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #510 | 1 | 10,188 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #516 | 152 | 13,071 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #519 | 7 | 11,303 |
| LY | 0 | #522 | 14 | 12,703 | |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #536 | 13 | 10,655 |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #536 | 1 | 6,731 |
| BH | 0 | #544 | 10 | 17,937 | |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #547 | 1 | 10,981 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #556 | 6 | 19,177 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #557 | 9 | 10,162 |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #606 | 77 | 3,552 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #622 | 4 | 10,983 |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #630 | 1 | 8,289 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #632 | 1 | 18,916 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #645 | 1 | 11,648 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #676 | 32 | 18,093 |
| DZ | 0 | #685 | 552 | 20,130 | |
| LB | 0 | #685 | 6 | 13,263 | |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #695 | 6 | 13,390 |
| IT | 0 | #698 | 17 | 4,183 | |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #738 | 2 | 17,960 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #755 | 15 | 18,755 |
| SY | 0 | #760 | 8 | 11,684 | |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #806 | 33 | 4,949 |
| TN | 0 | #859 | 7 | 13,765 | |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #860 | 22 | 17,948 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #875 | 12 | 15,035 |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #879 | 14 | 7,044 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #914 | 2 | 14,098 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #916 | 15 | 5,610 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #925 | 2 | 14,506 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #949 | 11 | 14,742 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #978 | 4 | 15,656 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,001 | 1 | 16,906 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,006 | 9 | 25,931 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #1,009 | 2 | 14,861 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,032 | 2 | 16,355 |
| MA | 0 | #1,062 | 67 | 20,986 | |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,072 | 1 | 24,821 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,076 | 17 | 22,615 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,152 | 1 | 16,140 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,181 | 2 | 25,439 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,235 | 2 | 25,928 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,267 | 1 | 17,781 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,267 | 6 | 25,619 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,378 | 94 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,405 | 210 | 28,008 |
Mert is popular in 69 countries — most recent births per country:
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