Given name & surname
Meris
“of the sea”
Meris is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “of the sea.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “of the sea.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1935. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Meris through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 75
- 0 boys · 75 girls
- Most popular year
- 1935
- 15 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 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 1935. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 374 as a first name in 2020; 166 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Meris’s family of names
Meris has a related form in Marissa. Meris has a related form in Meriss. Meris has a related form in Merisse.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Meris
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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Marylee
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>99% girls
Merryl
“of the shining sea”
>99% girls
Marinel
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>99% girls