Meryn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MER-in
- Origin
- Cornish
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Meryn is a girls' name of Cornish origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Meryn mean?
Cornish: spelling of Merryn; from a Cornish saint and parish name
From St Merryn, a Cornish parish near Padstow named after an obscure early saint.
Meaning borrowed from Merryn.
Is Meryn a girl's or a boy's name?
Meryn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Meryn in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 5 girls.
Half of all the girls named Meryn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Meryn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 2 | #6,613 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 2 | #5,081 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
How popular is Meryn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Meryn, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Meryn in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Meryn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
Names like Meryn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eden Merryn Maeve Maisie Orla Elowyn Imogen Ocean Rowan Mila Maeva Isla
Names related to Meryn
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, “Meryn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/meryn, updated 20 October 2026.