Wednesday, December 24, 2025

NAME OF THE DAY: Merry

Today isπŸŽ„Christmas Eve! And so I will be talking about the very πŸ˜ƒ happy name: πŸ“›Merry❗

The meaning of merry: "full of cheerfulness or gaiety; joyous in disposition or spirit.πŸ“›Merry is ultimately from Old English myrige

Behind the Name says Merry is a diminutive of πŸ“›Mercy: "from Latin merces "wages, reward", a derivative of merx "goods, wares.""

Nameberry describes Merry as: "lighthearted, happy. She'd better be." πŸ˜… And insists Merry is a classic name for Christmas babiesπŸŽ„πŸ‘ΆπŸ’— Merry was at a πŸ“ˆ peak in 1969 at #949 on the US Top 1000 baby πŸ“›names list πŸ“ƒ and surprisingly hasn't risen anymore.

The most Merrys happily (hopefully❗) live in πŸ“California and πŸ“South Dakota.

I really like πŸ“›Merry. πŸ€— It's a really pretty name. It's kind of simple (a la the timeless πŸ“›Mary, the two πŸ”Šsound so similar) but Merry has more pizzazz πŸ’₯ with its bright 🌟 meaning. πŸ˜€


FAMOUS πŸ“NOTEWORTHY πŸ“›MERRYS:

πŸ“›Merry Clayton 🎀 (singer) 

πŸ“›Merry Riana πŸ“• (author)

πŸ“›Merry Anders [born Mary Helen Anderson] πŸŽ₯ (actress)

πŸ“›Merry Hull [born Gladys Geissmann] 🧀 (glove designer)

πŸ“›Merry Lepper πŸ‘Ÿ (runner) 


πŸ“ŒSTATS ON THE NAME πŸ“›Merry

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/M/ME/MERRY/index.html


πŸ“›IRN RATING OF πŸ“›Merry: πŸ‘ OR ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️/10

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