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Merry

proper nouncommon in dialogue

A surname transferred from the nickname. Originally a nickname for a merry person.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A surname transferred from the nickname. Originally a nickname for a merry person.

  2. 2

    A female given name from merry.

  3. 3

    A diminutive of the female given name Mercy.

    'Is he handsome, Pa?' inquired the younger daughter. 'Silly Merry!' said the eldest: Merry being fond for Mercy. 'What is the premium, Pa? tell us that.'

    It was on account of she had such a happy temperament I persuaded Mr. van der Most to let me call her Merry. Lots of folks, when they first meet her, they think she's called Mary - Maria, as you would say it, Signor Lumaca - but no, her name is really Merry, M-E-double-R-Y, because, I always tell them, she is.

  4. 4

    A diminutive of the male given name Meredith.

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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