Merin
Origin
Malayali Christian
Syllables
2
Peak era
1980s
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
1890speak 1980s2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Merin peaked in the 1980s.
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