Meriem
Meryem is a feminine Turkish given name. It is the Turkish form of Maryam, and is the name used in Turkey to refer to Mary, the mother of Jesus.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Meriem
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Meryem is a feminine Turkish given name. It is the Turkish form of Maryam, and is the name used in Turkey to refer to Mary, the mother of Jesus.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Meriem
American parents first put Meriem on the record books as a baby girl name in 1917, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2012, when 11 Meriems were born — ranking #9,709 that year. About 57% of every Meriem on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Meriem last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 126 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Meriem
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About the name Meriem
Meriem is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1917 and has accumulated 126 births in the dataset. Meriem's peak popularity came in 2012 when it ranked #9,709. Use the chart and map above to compare Meriem's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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