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Merin

girl name
Origin
Malayali Christian
Syllables
2
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

a Kerala Christian coinage usually read as an elaboration of Mary; the defining girls' name of the community's 1985 to 2005 birth cohort, and its two light syllables file naturally alongside Erin and Megan in American classrooms

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890srare in US records2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Merin has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

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Popularity in Brazil

40 people · the #77,494 first name in Brazil · median age 40

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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