Merrie - Meaning of Merrie

What does Merrie mean?

Pronounce
Merrie

[ 2 syll. mer-rie, me-rr-ie ] The baby girl name Merrie is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced MEHRiy †. Merrie has its origins in the Hebrew, Welsh, and English languages. It is used largely in English.

Merrie is a spelling variant of the English Mary.

Merrie is also an English form of the English and Welsh Meredith.

Merrie is also a form of the English Merry.

See also the related categories, english, hebrew, and welsh.

Merrie is rare as a baby girl name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1959, 0.006% of baby girls were named Merrie. It had a ranking of #977 then. The baby name has experienced a decline in frequency since then, and is used only on a very light scale now. In 2018, out of the family of girl names directly related to Merrie, Mary was the most widely used. Merrie has mainly been a baby girl name in the last century.

Baby names that sound like Merrie include Maeri, Marri, Marrie, Marry, Mehree, Mehri, Mehry, Meri, Merie, Merree, Merrey, Merri, Merry, Mery, Maarii, Maarja, Maharai, Mahir, Mahire, and Mahri.

† Pronunciation for Merrie: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"