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Meriam

What does Meriam mean?

Meriam Pronunciation of Meriam as a girls' name is of Hebrew derivation, and the meaning of the name Meriam is "star of the sea". Meriam is an alternate spelling of Miriam (Hebrew): from Miryam.

STARTS WITH Mer-

ASSOCIATED WITH star, sea

Variations

VARIANTS Myriam, Miryam, Mirriam, Mirham, Meryam, Maryam, Mariam, Mairim

OTHER FORMS VIA MIRIAM Mirian, Mirja, Mirjam

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Meriam Rosalina (M.R.), ..

How popular is Meriam?

Meriam is an unusual first name for females but a somewhat prominent surname for all people (#122534 out of 150436, Top 81%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Meriam entered the list in 1910-1919 and reached its top rank of #1556 in the U.S. during the years 1920-1929, but is not ranked at the moment. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Meriam name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Meriam outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Miriam (#303 IN RECENT RANKINGS), Mariam (#548), Maryam (#565), Mirian and Myriam are the prominent related forms of Meriam. Other variants, like Mirham, are seldom used. These forms of Meriam were favored as baby names during the years 1910-1919 (MEDIAN #1502) and have remained as common to this day (#1236, DOWN 8%), but with the version Miriam going out of style. Maryam and Mariam are two of the more contemporarily stylish names for newborns here.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Meriam, Mariam, Maryam, Miriam, Mirian, Myriam in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Mariam, Maryam outside U.S.

Similar Names

Recommended sound-alike names are Ceria, Cerian, Maria, Mariah, Marial, Marian, Mariana, Mariane, Mariann, Marien, Marin, Marina, Marine, Marinn, Marion, Marna, Marnia, Maryan, Media, Meirna, Melia, Mera, Merah, Meral, Mercia, Merial, Meriel, Merill, Meriol, Meris, Merla, Merna, Merona, Merryn, Miran, Miriana, Mirna, Moria, Moriah, Morine, Morna, Murial, Murna, Myriah and Myrna. These names tend to be more commonly used than Meriam.

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