Merrily

Where Merrily comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Merrily.

  • Vowel-ended
Merrily through the years
  1. 1936
    First appearance
    #4,181 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1942
    Peak, #512
    210 babies named Merrily, the most in any year.
  3. 1944
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #909.
  4. 1951
    Merrily Stratten born
    Canadian swimmer
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Merrily Stratten · Canadian swimmer, born 1951

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