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Merit

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Script: Latin
Compound status: Unknown
In this record: Relationships: 7 · observations: 7

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Language	Gender in source	Basis	Evidence
Not specified	Female	Source classification	Evidence Language: Not specified. Source category: Female. Basis: Source classification. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "basis": "source_classification", "context_id": "ctx:80dba776-0c75-5eba-ac9d-c1612e98ca4b", "country": null, "evidence_id": "ev:bbf7cd5c-14dd-54c2-8a0b-542170355c87", "form_id": "frm:04bdf2e7-58da-5412-bb6f-68c3c7fcb5c3", "gender": "female", "language": null } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Not specified	Female	Birth statistics	Evidence Language: Not specified. Source category: Female. Basis: Birth statistics. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "basis": "official_birth_statistics", "context_id": "ctx:95903e34-9219-5a73-9e98-cebecdcd8b89", "country": "DE", "evidence_id": "ev:442d2d20-25f7-51fb-9f23-5b6734d957d7", "form_id": "frm:04bdf2e7-58da-5412-bb6f-68c3c7fcb5c3", "gender": "female", "language": null } All claims and sources — go to this entry →

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Relationships: 7

From	To	Type	Evidence
Merit	Merrit	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:eab8dc00-b395-5433-b9ab-7e769ed30246", "from_form_id": "frm:04bdf2e7-58da-5412-bb6f-68c3c7fcb5c3", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:445065ad-5605-550d-9f43-6bebaf4ad816", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:ff0af516-8ca1-5173-9bd3-96143ebeedc2" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Merit	Merete	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:692f104f-e769-5487-a249-26c8deb8fec9", "from_form_id": "frm:04bdf2e7-58da-5412-bb6f-68c3c7fcb5c3", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:3f6ce51c-f3d0-5f49-927b-6f30e3061af6", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:b2a2a6e1-2532-589b-b1d6-27f464c8cd3e" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Merit	Meret	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:e8eaa1bc-2df3-5718-b7c3-24fdec14243a", "from_form_id": "frm:04bdf2e7-58da-5412-bb6f-68c3c7fcb5c3", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:a31dd74a-2852-51d7-bf2b-c132ca78cd99", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:373c741f-6d96-514e-ac77-0231eaf66738" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Merit	Marit	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:29c1f27d-43be-52ae-98bd-0028960ab2bf", "from_form_id": "frm:04bdf2e7-58da-5412-bb6f-68c3c7fcb5c3", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:ac5994a4-b3f3-5222-9caf-4854b93485e2", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:de09cede-4956-5402-a43f-eadc6008f066" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Merit	Märit	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:85f267cb-5e73-5ac4-a7c7-b4afe6ffa231", "from_form_id": "frm:04bdf2e7-58da-5412-bb6f-68c3c7fcb5c3", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:39f1e4b0-bb8f-584d-9d30-7cf14e2816ce", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:97d6fd5c-07f3-5914-9d72-39a8d8222655" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Merit	Marít	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:71bdc13c-f8a9-50d7-ac4b-02c2d1fa90fb", "from_form_id": "frm:04bdf2e7-58da-5412-bb6f-68c3c7fcb5c3", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:7b1265b9-b905-595b-a2aa-a3545739940f", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:8667801a-ba4b-53d2-a2a1-2fa58bc06372" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Merit	Maarit	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:c1587a00-ee30-59a7-9312-80deb537de8d", "from_form_id": "frm:04bdf2e7-58da-5412-bb6f-68c3c7fcb5c3", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:02a7b8cf-88a6-536d-a89b-9feaf5b7aecb", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:3ac9a14e-7a87-5d95-8d59-b0130eba8155" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →

Usage in statistics

Series differ in coverage and counting units. Values cannot be added together to measure global popularity.

SeriesObservations shown: 7

Territory	Year	Category	Name position	Count
United States	2025	Female	Not available	51
United States	2025	Male	Not available	22
Cologne	2010	Female	Not available	2
Cologne	2011	Female	Not available	2
Cologne	2012	Female	Not available	1
Cologne	2013	Female	Not available	3
Cologne	2019	Female	2	1

An unspecified position is not treated as first position. Full counting units, methods and qualifications are preserved in the original data.

Observation technical details

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        "country": "US",
        "global_name_gender_inferred": false,
        "method": "deterministic_sum_of_source_counts",
        "published_count": 51,
        "reported_sex": "female",
        "source_csv_rows": [
            2152960
        ],
        "source_ref": "US",
        "year": 2025
    },
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        "global_name_gender_inferred": false,
        "method": "deterministic_sum_of_source_counts",
        "published_count": 22,
        "reported_sex": "male",
        "source_csv_rows": [
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        ],
        "source_ref": "US",
        "year": 2025
    },
    {
        "aggregation_allowed": false,
        "country": "DE",
        "evidence_id": "ev:442d2d20-25f7-51fb-9f23-5b6734d957d7",
        "geography": "Köln",
        "global_name_gender_inferred": false,
        "method": "source_reported",
        "name_position": null,
        "published_count": 2,
        "published_rank": null,
        "reported_sex": "female",
        "resolved_text": "Merit",
        "scope_note": "position_absent_repeated_keys_not_aggregated",
        "source_csv_rows": [
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        ],
        "source_observation_id": "obs:0eedb0c6-8114-58ae-bcbb-6538d54b331b",
        "source_ref": "DE_KOELN_HISTORY",
        "source_reported_sex": "w",
        "source_text": "Merit",
        "text_method": "NFC",
        "unit": "published_name_count_position_unspecified",
        "year": 2010
    },
    {
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        "country": "DE",
        "evidence_id": "ev:34ae78ac-3d68-5bf2-adf7-a68e023c4e6e",
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        "source_csv_rows": [
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        "source_observation_id": "obs:6081cde1-ab97-56e6-bd5c-16e37a90f936",
        "source_ref": "DE_KOELN_HISTORY",
        "source_reported_sex": "w",
        "source_text": "Merit",
        "text_method": "NFC",
        "unit": "published_name_count_position_unspecified",
        "year": 2011
    },
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        "evidence_id": "ev:fe6d6516-bde0-5d9c-a23b-96b3512092d4",
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        "global_name_gender_inferred": false,
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        "resolved_text": "Merit",
        "scope_note": "position_absent_repeated_keys_not_aggregated",
        "source_csv_rows": [
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        ],
        "source_observation_id": "obs:2ae0c3b1-5561-5f1b-b437-a5669861ea03",
        "source_ref": "DE_KOELN_HISTORY",
        "source_reported_sex": "w",
        "source_text": "Merit",
        "text_method": "NFC",
        "unit": "published_name_count_position_unspecified",
        "year": 2012
    },
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        "evidence_id": "ev:09658fc0-3175-56ae-a5d7-b1cbda175073",
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        "name_position": null,
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        "source_observation_id": "obs:51fa61a0-52ea-526b-88a3-562541241014",
        "source_ref": "DE_KOELN_HISTORY",
        "source_reported_sex": "w",
        "source_text": "Merit",
        "text_method": "NFC",
        "unit": "published_name_count_position_unspecified",
        "year": 2013
    },
    {
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        "evidence_id": "ev:8a173575-6957-51f9-905e-bd97fb25133d",
        "geography": "Köln",
        "global_name_gender_inferred": false,
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        "name_position": 2,
        "published_count": 1,
        "published_rank": null,
        "reported_sex": "female",
        "scope_note": "source_description_position_conflict",
        "source_csv_rows": [
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        ],
        "source_observation_id": "obs:35209749-0dc4-517e-a405-502d89ddf543",
        "source_ref": "DE_KOELN",
        "source_reported_sex": "w",
        "unit": "published_name_occurrences_at_position",
        "year": 2019
    }
]

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Usage context: Not specified · Female · Source classification

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Usage context: Not specified · Female · Birth statistics; Statistics: Cologne · 2010 · Female · count: 2 · name position: not specified

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Provenance of the record «Merit»

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Relationship «Merit → Merrit»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Merit → Merete»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Merit → Meret»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Merit → Marit»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Merit → Märit»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Merit → Marít»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Merit → Maarit»: Source-reported equivalence

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Statistics: Cologne · 2011 · Female · count: 2 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2012 · Female · count: 1 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2013 · Female · count: 3 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2019 · Female · count: 1 · name position: 2

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    "field_evidence": [
        {
            "characters": " -‐‑–'’",
            "evidence_id": "ev:07cdf9bc-1d08-5297-b2e5-6029f9d2c115",
            "field": "contains_name_separator",
            "form_id": "frm:04bdf2e7-58da-5412-bb6f-68c3c7fcb5c3",
            "method": "deterministic",
            "not_compound_classification": true,
            "rule": "character-presence-001",
            "value": false
        }
    ],
    "compound_claims": []
}

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