Merik

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 21 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
21
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Merik by the numbers

Merik was given to 21 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 28 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Merik

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 Merik. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Merrikfamous power; a form of Merrick15 in the US (2017)
  • Melikking10 in the US (2017)
  • Merekfamous ruler; a form of Merrick10 in the US (2017)
  • Mericbrave, valiant8 in the US (2017)
  • Merit27 in the US (2017)
  • Marik20 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Merik

Names that are said the same way as Merik, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Merrickfamous ruler; a form of Meric or Merrick292 in the US (2017)
  • Merricpowerful ruler; a form of Merrick8 in the US (2017)
  • Merick7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Merik

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