Meri
A girls’ name of Finnish origin, meaning the sea.
Meri by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Meri. In the US, 5 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 88 babies in 1961, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Meri. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mariof the sea; a form of Mary or Maria32 in England and Wales (2025)
- Meibeautiful; plum blossom13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Miribeloved; a form of Miriam20 in England and Wales (2025)
- Meraocean or beloved23 in the US (2017)
- Meryof the sea; a form of Meredith or Meryl12 in the US (2017)
- Melihoney; a form of Melissa or Melina3 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Meri
Names that are said the same way as Meri, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean the sea
Like Meri, each of these has the sea in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Dylanson of the sea10,158 in the US (2017)
- Kaisea672 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
- Morgansea-born; great and bright2,273 in the US (2017)
- Mariahof the sea; a form of Maria1,604 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Meri
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