Merthur
Merthur is the ship name for Merlin and Arthur from Merlin. It is a portmanteau: built by joining a piece of one name to a piece of the other.
Engine version 1.0 · Breakdown computed from the live checker · Research Desk
Structure
mer from Merlin, plus rthur from Arthur.
Merlin coverage 50%
Arthur coverage 83%
At the join, rt, two consonants meet, which can build a cluster a reader has to work through.
- A run of three or more consonants, which readers tend to stumble over.
Why this name is shaped the way it is
Mer plus thur, joined on the shared r sound. Both source names are so widely known outside the show that the blend stays readable even to someone who has never seen an episode, which very few ship names manage.
What our own engine would have built
Handed Merlin and Arthur with no knowledge of the fandom, the blender proposes Arthrlin, Merlthur, Merlithur, Merlirthur, Merlihur, Arthurlin. Merthur is not among them. That is the normal result, and it is the clearest illustration of why this site refuses to call any candidate the best one. A community picked Merthur for reasons no software can see.
If you want to run the same check on a name of your own, the draft checker does exactly what produced the breakdown above, and the ship name generator builds candidates from two names you supply.
Other portmanteaus
Questions
What does Merthur mean?
Merthur is the ship name for Merlin and Arthur from Merlin. A ship name is a nickname for a pairing, and shipping means wanting two characters to be together.
Who is Merthur?
Merthur is not a person. It refers to Merlin and Arthur as a pairing, which is how fandom communities talk about two characters together in one word.
How was Merthur formed?
By joining mer from Merlin to rthur from Arthur. That keeps 50% of the first name and 83% of the second.