Merida

Where Merida comes from

Uncertain. Possibly a coinage based on Mary, or transferred from the Spanish place name Mérida.
— Wiktionary's entry for Merida
  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Merida through the years
  1. 1916
    First appearance
    #3,919 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1916
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 2012
    Around this time: Brave
    Film, 2012 · Source
  4. 2017
    Peak, #1,792
    116 babies named Merida, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name originating as a coinage.
Namesakes

No widely recognized namesakes for Merida in Wikidata.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.