Given name & surname
Merik
“a great and powerful ruler”
Merik is a variant of Merrick. One English interpretation is “a great and powerful ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Merik is a variant of Merrick. One English interpretation is “a great and powerful ruler.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Merik through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 339
- 339 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,250 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −63%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,250 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 28 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 365 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Merik’s family of names
Merik has a related form in Merrick. In Greek usage, Merik as a surname is a transliteration of Μέρικ. In Greek usage, Merik as a surname is a transliteration of Μερίκ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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