I was taught in high school (an unfortunately long time ago :) that Merlin was a title, not a name, primarily of Scottish origin to refer to the chief Druid pri

I was taught in high school (an unfortunately long time ago :) that Merlin was a title, not a name, primarily of Scottish origin to refer to the chief Druid priest... updated: according to irishmythswebsite Emrys was the name of the particular merlin that served Arthur, as proposed in the TV series Merlin, but I need HG Wells to go check!