Merry

in the US

There are 3,256 people with the last name "Merry" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Merry 8,002
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  1. is 7,998th most common Hagood
  2. is 7,999th most common Eskridge
  3. is 8,000th most common Constant
  4. is 8,001st most common Jacobi
  5. is 8,002nd most common Merry
  6. is 8,003rd most common Holifield
  7. is 8,004th most common Wanner
  8. is 8,005th most common Breault
  9. is 8,006th most common Charette

Similar Names and Nicknames

Murray, Merritt, Merrill, Morrow, Merrick, Merrell, Merriman, Marr, Murry, Merriweather

Most Common First Names for Merry

Robert, Michael, John, William, James, David, Charles, Richard, Mary, Barbara



Meaning & History

English: nickname for someone with a blithe or happy disposition, from Middle English merry ‘lively’, ‘cheerful’ (Old English myr(i)ge ‘pleasant’, ‘agreeable’).

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mearadhaigh, Ó Meardha ‘descendant of Mearadhach’, ‘descendant of Meardha’, personal names derived from an adjective meaning ‘lively’, ‘wild’, ‘wanton’.

French: from a vernacular form of the personal name Médéric, derived from a Germanic personal name conposed of mecht ‘strength’, ‘might’ + rīc ‘power’; ‘ruler’.

French: habitational name from Merry in Yonne or Merri in Orne, derived from the Latin personal name Matrius + the suffix -acum.


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