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Merrilyn

Merrilyn is used as a given name.

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Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Merrilyn isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Merrilyn through the years

Babies since 1880
751
0 boys · 751 girls
Most popular year
1944
40 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
01020304019401960198020002025Highest share 19440.0
Merrilyn in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1923–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1973. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 40 in 1944. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 592 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.

Merrilyn’s family of names

Merrilyn may belong to the same name family as MERILYN. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Merrilyn’s family in the name graph

MerrilynMerrilynnMerrilinMerrilynneMerrilinnMerilynMarilynMerrelyn

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 4

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Merrilyn

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

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

 

Marylin

17Very rareCooling

>99% girls

Literary

Merrily

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

11Very rare

>99% girls

 

Marylyn

In English use, Marylyn is used as a spelling variant of Marilyn.

13Very rare

>99% girls

Germanic languages · Literary

Jerilyn

“one who rules with the spear”

13Very rareCooling

>99% girls

Nature

Marylee

“star of the sea” · “from the sea of bitterness”

15Very rareEasing

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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

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