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What does Meriam mean?
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-
Variations
VARIANTS Myriam, Miryam, Mirriam, Mirham, Meryam, Maryam▲, Mariam▲, Mairim
OTHER FORMS VIA MIRIAM Mirian, Mirja, Mirjam
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
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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)
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.
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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