Meri

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Female Female Name

Usage

Finland Finnish
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian

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Origin and Meaning

1) Nordic spelling of Mary [1] [2]

2) Finnish meri = 'sea, ocean' [1]

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Related Names

Meri
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Danish Finish Norwegian Swedish

See also Meria, Merike, Merina

Combinations

For combinations see MERI (name element)

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Meri
Genitive: Meris
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Meri
Genitive: Merin
Partitive: Meriä
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Meri
Genitive: Meris
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Meri
Genitive: Meris

Name Day

Finland Finland

3 December

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
Finland Finland[3]
n.a.
6136
n.a.
6136 0 0
Sweden Sweden[4]
181 279 181 276 0 3
Denmark Denmark[5]
27
n.a.
27
n.a.
0
n.a.
Norway Norway[6]
32
n.a.
32
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[7]
0 0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Meri.


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
  2. Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  3. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  4. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  5. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  6. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  7. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/