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What does Merry mean?
Merry 
▼ as a girls' name is pronounced MARE-ee. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Merry is "joyful". Also variant of Meredith and Mercy; homonym of Mary. Merryn was the name of a seventh-century Irish saint.
STARTS WITH Mer-
ASSOCIATED WITH old english, joyful, irish (gaelic), saint
Variations
VARIANTS Marrilee, Marylea, Marylee, Merree, Merri, Merrie, Merrielle, Merrile, Merrilee, Merrili, Merrily, Merryn
SEE ALSO Happy
RELATED FORMS VIA MARY, MERCY, MEREDITH Mair, Maire, Mara▲, Mare, Maree, Maren▲, Maria▼, Marie▼, Marin, Marja, Marje, Marla▼, Marlo, Marya, Maura, Maure, Mavra, May▼, Mayra▼, Mercey, Merci, Mercie, Meriel, Mersey, Minny, Moira, Moire, Molly, Morag, Muire
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Mury, ..
(male) Mermi, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Merry Kamila (M.K.), ..
How popular is Merry?
Merry is a very popular first name for females (#1152 out of 4276, Top 27%) and also a very popular surname for all people (#8242 out of 150436, Top 5%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Merry was first listed in 1910-1919 and reached its highest rank of #510 in the U.S. in the 1940s, but is not found in the list currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Mara (#681 IN 2018), Maree, Maren (#607), Maria (#116), Marie (#576), Marin (#1382), Marla, Marlo (#1980), Mary (#126), Marylee, Maura (#1576), May (#1645), Mayra (#1501), Mercy (#729), Meredith (#524), Merri, Merrie, Merrilee, Merrily, Moira (#1606) and Molly (#158) are the prominent variation forms of Merry listed in the Top 2000. These forms of Merry were favored a century ago (AVERAGE #1437) and are now much less widespread (#1327, 91.9% LESS USAGE), with forms such as Mary becoming less trendy. Mary is more universally found than the rest, though Maria is currently more frequently used.
Similar Names
Merry▼ is alike in pronunciation to Maery, Mahra, Maira▼, Mairi, Marah, Maraya, Mari, Marra, Meara, Meera▲, Meerah, Meira, Mera, Merah, Mira▲, Mirah, Mireya, Miri, Mirra, Mora, Morah, Moria, Myra, Myrah and Myree. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Barry, Berry, Carry, Cherry▼, Corry, Derry, Dorry, Gerry▼, Jerry▼, Jery, Jorry, Karry, Kerry▼, Korry, Lorry, Marcy▼, Margy, Marjy, Marty, Meggy, Melly, Meral, Merel, Meris, Merl, Merla, Merle▼, Merlyn, Merna, Merril, Merryl, Meryl, Norry, Perry, Sherry▼, Terry▼ and Torry. These names tend to be less frequently used than Merry.
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