Merry Forename
8,930th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 115,445 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
South Sudan
Highest density in:
South Sudan
Merry Forename Definition:
F. A variant of Mercy so thorough in its transformation that when—as rarely—it is bestowed, it is in the opinion that it is the cheerful first cousin of Felicity.
Merry Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Sudan | 100% | 27,460 | 1:421 | 102 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 27,202 | 1:9,483 | 1,301 |
| Philippines | 99% | 23,748 | 1:4,464 | 761 |
| United States | 100% | 14,735 | 1:24,604 | 1,854 |
| India | 100% | 4,060 | 1:299,231 | 27,801 |
| Nigeria | 98% | 3,529 | 1:50,316 | 3,671 |
| Ethiopia | 67% | 1,965 | 1:49,649 | 4,746 |
| DR Congo | 91% | 1,767 | 1:41,781 | 2,866 |
| Tanzania | 99% | 1,650 | 1:31,993 | 2,759 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 1,269 | 1:6,424 | 670 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 916 | 1:174,084 | 9,484 |
| Uganda | 99% | 762 | 1:53,749 | 3,094 |
| China | - | 614 | 1:2,224,847 | 44,779 |
| Egypt | 64% | 564 | 1:162,945 | 6,404 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 413 | 1:73,729 | 5,592 |
| Morocco | - | 382 | 1:89,918 | 3,081 |
| South Africa | 97% | 338 | 1:161,339 | 11,092 |
| Ghana | - | 337 | 1:80,078 | 3,677 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 286 | 1:72,724 | 6,418 |
| Canada | 100% | 271 | 1:122,263 | 5,724 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 233 | 1:66,197 | 5,333 |
| Malawi | 100% | 190 | 1:90,065 | 5,143 |
| Denmark | - | 179 | 1:31,561 | 1,472 |
| England | 97% | 166 | 1:334,957 | 8,177 |
| France | 80% | 157 | 1:423,378 | 4,959 |
| Australia | - | 98 | 1:139,363 | 4,355 |
| Mexico | 91% | 97 | 1:1,279,839 | 9,279 |
| Russia | 94% | 87 | 1:1,657,859 | 11,928 |
| Germany | 99% | 85 | 1:1,137,387 | 8,441 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 85 | 1:2,286,561 | 29,678 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 74 | 1:321,212 | 22,733 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 74 | 1:408,134 | 11,668 |
| Senegal | 98% | 71 | 1:205,371 | 4,129 |
| Brazil | 100% | 66 | 1:3,246,002 | 58,572 |
| Qatar | 100% | 66 | 1:35,903 | 4,803 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 65 | 1:8,938 | 927 |
| Thailand | 100% | 60 | 1:1,167,764 | 40,051 |
| Chile | 86% | 59 | 1:298,427 | 4,570 |
| Peru | 70% | 57 | 1:557,745 | 9,525 |
| Benin | 100% | 51 | 1:207,369 | 9,725 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 49 | 1:212,883 | 8,521 |
| Singapore | 100% | 45 | 1:139,712 | 7,893 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 43 | 1:502,570 | 16,199 |
| Sweden | 100% | 40 | 1:246,448 | 8,022 |
| Haiti | 100% | 36 | 1:297,971 | 11,713 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| New Zealand | - | 27 | 1:168,002 | 5,821 |
| Ivory Coast | 64% | 25 | 1:923,037 | 28,068 |
| Sudan | 100% | 25 | 1:1,512,279 | 3,324 |
| Liberia | 75% | 24 | 1:183,836 | 6,655 |
| Belgium | 100% | 22 | 1:522,275 | 8,300 |
| Nicaragua | 88% | 21 | 1:286,587 | 6,256 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 20 | 1:238,397 | 5,063 |
| Zambia | - | 20 | 1:792,740 | 14,411 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 18 | 1:939,005 | 16,684 |
| Hong Kong | - | 17 | 1:456,043 | 4,226 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 17 | 1:3,014 | 445 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 15 | 1:642,863 | 11,711 |
| Spain | - | 15 | 1:3,101,998 | 13,742 |
| Kenya | 100% | 14 | 1:3,307,651 | 22,394 |
| Colombia | 100% | 13 | 1:3,675,302 | 23,534 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 13 | 1:20,782 | 1,589 |
| Vietnam | - | 12 | 1:7,718,593 | 3,884 |
| Estonia | 100% | 11 | 1:119,580 | 4,476 |
| Namibia | - | 11 | 1:218,562 | 5,123 |
| Norway | 100% | 11 | 1:466,575 | 8,612 |
| Honduras | 100% | 10 | 1:881,747 | 10,598 |
| Panama | 100% | 10 | 1:390,656 | 11,763 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Gabon | - | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Luxembourg | - | 9 | 1:62,672 | 2,160 |
| Belarus | 80% | 8 | 1:1,185,298 | 6,117 |
| Israel | 83% | 8 | 1:1,050,365 | 14,379 |
| Japan | - | 8 | 1:15,998,257 | 41,670 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 8 | 1:703,446 | 7,424 |
| Argentina | 75% | 7 | 1:6,110,463 | 14,292 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 7 | 1:2,301,204 | 6,153 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 67% | 7 | 1:853,325 | 20,404 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 7 | 1:1,021,713 | 39,786 |
| Algeria | - | 6 | 1:6,362,787 | 10,855 |
| Oman | - | 6 | 1:684,778 | 5,486 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 5 | 1:6,524,703 | 31,933 |
| Congo | 67% | 5 | 1:1,001,841 | 16,039 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 5 | 1:9,825 | 1,060 |
| Scotland | 81% | 5 | 1:1,070,073 | 10,235 |
| South Korea | - | 5 | 1:1,108,884 | 18,705 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 5 | 1:9,099,982 | 12,980 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 4 | 1:4,594,867 | 56,462 |
| Guinea | - | 4 | 1:2,964,662 | 5,204 |
| Iran | - | 4 | 1:19,624,217 | 40,893 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Macau | - | 4 | 1:152,052 | 991 |
| Mauritius | - | 4 | 1:324,446 | 5,754 |
| Moldova | - | 4 | 1:890,285 | 4,314 |
| Poland | 100% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 4 | 1:887,575 | 4,962 |
| Switzerland | 81% | 4 | 1:2,053,374 | 18,217 |
| Uruguay | - | 4 | 1:856,909 | 8,493 |
| Ireland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,547,840 | 7,573 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 3 | 1:5,915,615 | 32,741 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 3 | 1:453,806 | 18,410 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 3 | 1:36,582 | 3,060 |
| Armenia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Austria | 100% | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Croatia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Paraguay | 50% | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 2 | 1:95,998 | 3,765 |
| Slovakia | - | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Czechia | 93% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Italy | 95% | 1 | 1:61,062,090 | 83,289 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Wales | 100% | 1 | 1:3,094,309 | 16,222 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Mérry (2) are calculated separately.
Merry (19,453) may also be a surname.
Merry Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
F. A variant of Mercy so thorough in its transformation that when—as rarely—it is bestowed, it is in the opinion that it is the cheerful first cousin of Felicity.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Old English name, meaning: Mirthful.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Merry Forename Popularity
Merry Demographics
Average Merry Salary in
United States
$45,874 USD
Per year
Rank:
172,086 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00434339
Rank: 1,720 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
105.39%
Sample size: 7,805 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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