Given name

Merree

“one who is lighthearted and joyful”·“filled with joy”

Merree is a variant of Merry. Interpretations include “one who is lighthearted and joyful” (English) and “filled with joy” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Merree is a variant of Merry. Interpretations include “one who is lighthearted and joyful” (English) and “filled with joy” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Merree is a variant of Merry. An origin associated with Merry is English.

Explained through its name family

The story

Merree is a variant of Merry. The history of Merry gives this family its wider story. In Dickens’s Martin Chuzzlewit, Mercy Pecksniff is called Merry. This gives the name a specific literary link with Mercy alongside its everyday association with a cheerful disposition.

Explained through its name family

Merree’s family of names

Merree has a related form in Merry.

Walk Merree’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.

Similar names

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

Literary

Merrey

“one who is lighthearted and joyful” · “filled with joy”

No U.S. birth series

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Literary

Merrielle

“one who is lighthearted and joyful” · “filled with joy”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Literary

Merrea

“one who is lighthearted and joyful” · “filled with joy”

No U.S. birth series

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Irish · Literary

Meneely

“son of the poet”

No U.S. birth series

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Literary

Merrili

“one who is lighthearted and joyful” · “filled with joy”

No U.S. birth series

10% boys · 90% girls

Literary

MacBethe

“the son of Beth”

No U.S. birth series

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Literary

Malwine

No U.S. birth series

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Literary

Malvyne

“having a smooth brow”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

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

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