Meryn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Meryn by the numbers

Meryn was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 14 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Meryn

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

  • Merrynhigh; exalted; a form of Merin or Meryn34 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Merylblackbird; a form of Merle20 in the US (2017)
  • Merlynsea fortress; a form of Merlin15 in the US (2017)
  • Meryof the sea; a form of Meredith or Meryl12 in the US (2017)
  • Maryn136 in the US (2017)
  • Megyn12 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Meryn

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

  • Mehreenmoon; lunar light33 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Merrinfamous ruler; a form of Merrick or Meredith5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mehrin10 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Meryn

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