Given name

Meryk

“a great and powerful ruler”

Meryk is a variant of Merrick. One English interpretation is “a great and powerful ruler.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Meryk 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 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Meryk through the years

Babies since 1880
12
12 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2006
7 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Meryk in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2006–2025, per million boys 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 boys is 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2006.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Meryk’s family of names

Meryk has a related form in Merrick.

Walk Meryk’s family in the name graph

MerykMerrick

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

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

Similar names

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

Modern

Neric

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Zerik

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>99% boys

Modern

Molik

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>99% boys

Modern

Riddik

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>99% boys

Modern

Maden

“one who is organized; a planner”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Emrah

“one who is brotherly”

0Not recently recorded

83% boys · 17% girls

Indian · Modern

Madan

“the god of love”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Edwuin

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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

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