Given name
Meribah
“a quarrelsome woman”
Meribah is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “a quarrelsome woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “a quarrelsome woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Meribah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 0 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1918. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Meribah’s family of names
Meribah has a related form in Meriba.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 6
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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