Given name · also Turkish
Merjem
Merjem is a feminine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Serbo-Croatian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Merjem comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Merjem developed from מרים.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2009. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Merjem through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 25
- 0 boys · 25 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 5 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 2020. 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.
Merjem’s family of names
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Merjem shares an earlier linguistic root with MARIJA. Merjem has a related form in MERJEME. In Serbo-Croatian usage, Merjem developed from the Aramaic form מרים.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Merjem has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Biblical Hebrew roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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