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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Merme m. Latin minimus 'smallest, littlest'.

France
Latin
1378 Mermetus (nom) hanquetvol1 2334b; 1432 Mermetus (nom) MHCG2 477
Italy
Latin
1265x1339 Mermi (nom) BBC-Berg 1723
Switzerland
Latin
14thCx1478 Mermecii (gen) Ob-SPVn (190), Mermeti (gen) ibid. (189), Mermetum (acc) ibid. (82), Mermetus (nom) ibid. (78), Mermodi (gen) ibid. (144); 1351 Mermeto (abl) MHN DXLI; 1352 Mermeto (abl) ibid. DXLVII, Mermetus (nom) ibid. DXLVII; 1354 Mermetum (acc) ibid. DLIX; 1393/4 Mermetus (nom) MHCG2 467; 1398 Mermeto (abl) ibid. 469; 1432/3 Mermetus (nom) ibid. 480; 1438 Mermetus (nom) ibid. 212; 1456/7 Mermetus (nom) ibid. 227; 1476 Mermeto (dat) ibid. 243; 1515 Mermeti (gen) ibid. 288; 1516 Mermeti (gen) ibid. 290; 1522x1524 Mammerti (gen) ibid. 294, Mammertus (nom) ibid. 294
Middle French
1494 Marmet MHCG2 258; 1504 Marmet ibid. 281; 1507 Marmet ibid. 260; 1514 Mamert ibid. 287
Cite as: A. Brown, S.L. Uckelman. "Merme". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Merme.