Meri
Female#444 most common in Croatia1,372 people in Croatia
- Meaning:
- Beloved; wished-for child
- Origin:
- Hebrew
About the name Meri
Croatian rendering of Mary, a form of Marija, from Hebrew Miriam.
Popularity with newborns
Meri has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.
People with this name in Croatia
1,372 people in Croatia are called Meri, according to the 2021 census. That is #444 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Meri is recorded in 16 of Croatia's 21 counties.
Bjelovarsko-bilogorskaDubrovačko-neretvanskaGrad ZagrebIstarskaKoprivničko-križevačkaMeđimurskaOsječko-baranjskaPrimorsko-goranskaSisačko-moslavačkaSplitsko-dalmatinskaVaraždinskaVirovitičko-podravskaVukovarsko-srijemskaZadarskaZagrebačkaŠibensko-kninska
Sources
Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.