Meaning: Mercy; compassion
The story
An English virtue name adopted by Puritan families in the seventeenth century. Its current word meaning expresses compassion; the older Latin root’s reward meaning is a historical stage rather than today’s translation.
Nicknames
- Merry
Spellings & variants
Popularity
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In the US top 1,000 — familiar, not everywhere.
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