Merida
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 116 babies a year in the US.
Merida by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Merida. In the US, 116 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Merida
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 Merida. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Merinaof the sea; a form of Marina4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Melida9 in the US (2017)
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Melinahoney; form of Melissa or Melina486 in the US (2017)
- Marinaof the sea68 in England and Wales (2025)
- Melindahoney; a blend of Melissa and Belinda128 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Merida
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