Gender Feminine
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. MEHR-ee  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

From the English word merry, ultimately from Old English myrige. This name appears in Charles Dickens' novel Martin Chuzzlewit (1844), where it is a diminutive of Mercy.

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Entry updated November 16, 2019