Baby name
Mert
/MERT/
Meaning
“Manly, brave”
From the Turkish word mert, meaning 'manly' or 'brave', ultimately from the Persian word mard, meaning 'man'.
How it ages.
A short, confident name that reads modern rather than old-fashioned.
The cultural moment.
Mert ranked #29 in Turkey in 2024, with smaller-scale use also recorded in the Netherlands (#266 in 2025) and England and Wales (#929 in 2019).