Merary
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 16 babies a year in the US.
Merary by the numbers
Merary was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 34 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Merary
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Merary. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Merrycheerful, lighthearted14 in the US (2017)
- Meraribitter; of the tribe of Merari in the Torah11 in the US (2017)
- Melanydark, black; variant spelling of Melanie632 in the US (2017)
- Mercycompassion or forgiveness370 in the US (2017)
- Mearacheerful or lively59 in the US (2017)
- Meharkindness; benevolence; sun46 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Merary
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