Merryn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MER-in
- Origin
- Cornish
- UK rank, 2025
- #973 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,553 for girls
Merryn is a girls' name of Cornish origin. In 2025 it ranked 973rd for girls in the UK (38 babies) and 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).
What does Merryn mean?
Cornish: from a Cornish saint and parish name
From St Merryn, a Cornish parish near Padstow named after an obscure early saint.
Is Merryn a girl's or a boy's name?
Merryn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 38 girls in the UK and 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Merryn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #973among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 38about 1 in 7,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 38 girls in the UK were named Merryn, making it the 973rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 963rd. Its busiest year was 2013, with 55 girls.
Half of all the girls named Merryn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 43 girls in the UK were given Merryn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #810, up from #973 for this spelling alone.
- Merryn 38
- Merrin 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 997th in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.
Merryn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #973 |
| 2024 | 38 | #984 |
| 2023 | 37 | #1,004 |
| 2022 | 47 | #824 |
| 2021 | 46 | #846 |
| 2020 | 39 | #963 |
| 2019 | 44 | #893 |
| 2018 | 32 | #1,148 |
| 2017 | 42 | #957 |
| 2016 | 37 | #1,037 |
| 2015 | 45 | #887 |
| 2014 | 47 | #874 |
| 2013 | 55 | #771 |
| 2012 | 45 | #902 |
| 2011 | 40 | #950 |
| 2010 | 41 | #919 |
| 2009 | 41 | #895 |
| 2008 | 25 | #1,258 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,949 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,564 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,542 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,502 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,921 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,417 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,559 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,621 |
How popular is Merryn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,553among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 73,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Merryn, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,451st. Its busiest year was 2020, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Merryn in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Merryn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,553 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 30 | #4,451 |
| 2019 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
Names like Merryn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eden Fiadh Elowyn Orla Maeva Ocean Mila Maisie Maeve Rowan Brooklyn Isla
Other spellings of Merryn
Names related to Merryn
More Cornish names
Lowen Elowen Jennifer Jenna Denzel Lowenna Sennen Elowynn Morwenna Demelza Jennah Senara Jena Zennor Kitto Lerryn
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Merryn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/merryn, updated 20 October 2026.