habitational name from Merriott in Somerset, named in
Old English as ‘boundary gate’ or ‘mare gate’, from
(ge)m?re ‘boundary’ or miere ‘mare’ + geat
‘gate’.
variant (as a result of hypercorrection) of
Marriott, or of Marryat, which is from a Middle English
personal name, Meryet, Old English M?rgeat,
composed of the element m?r ‘boundary’ + the tribal name
Geat (see Joslin).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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