Merly
A girls’ name of Modern American origin, meaning variant of Merle; blackbird or dark.
Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Merly by the numbers
Merly was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 14 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Merly. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mercycompassion or forgiveness370 in the US (2017)
- Marlypleasant lake or fen clearing; a variant of Marley44 in the US (2017)
- Merleblackbird20 in the US (2017)
- Merlynsea fortress; a form of Merlin15 in the US (2017)
- Merrycheerful, lighthearted14 in the US (2017)
- Meryof the sea; a form of Meredith or Meryl12 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean darkness
Like Merly, each of these has darkness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Melaniedark, black3,232 in the US (2017)
- Leilanight, dark beauty1,400 in the US (2017)
- Delaneydark challenger; descendant of Dubhshláine1,270 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Merly
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