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View Name: Merry


MERRY (1)
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: English
PRONOUNCED: MER-ee   [key]
Meaning & History
From the English word merry, ultimately from Old English myrge. This name appears in Charles Dickens' novel 'Martin Chuzzlewit' (1844), where it is a diminutive of MERCY.
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MERRY (2)


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