Given name & surname

Mere

“star of the sea”·“from the sea of bitterness”

Mere is a variant of Mary. Interpretations include “star of the sea” and “from the sea of bitterness”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Mere is a variant of Mary. Interpretations include “star of the sea” and “from the sea of bitterness”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Mere comes from English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From English Mary.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Mere’s family of names

Mere has a related form in Mary. In Māori usage, Mere has a conventional equivalent in the English form Mary. In Hawaiian usage, Mere was borrowed from the English form Mary.

Walk Mere’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

People named Mere

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Mere, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old English · Nature

Meaburn

“meadow” · “stream”

No U.S. birth series

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Latin · Nature

Larch

“one who is full of life” · “resembling the evergreen tree”

No U.S. birth series

43% boys · 57% girls

Old English · Nature

Seacombe

“sea”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English · Nature

Eacott

“river, running stream”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English · Nature

Ashurst

“ash-tree”

No U.S. birth series

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English · Nature

Larkspur

“resembling the blue flower”

No U.S. birth series

43% boys · 57% girls

Old English · Nature

Crompton

“river bend”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English · Nature

Walding

“wood, forest”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Mere’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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