Meriel (Merry)

[Gwennan]

What do you think of this name for a girl?

[5madthings]

Yes my dd is very jolly and it means joyfull and lighthearted as well :)

My dd does get called merry but mainly merryn or merrymouse! Its a really lovely name, unusual but not 'out there' iykwim. I certainly dont feel like we have 'inflicted' her with her name. If she doesnt want her name to be shortened to merry i am sure she will tell them, she could alwars shorten it to 'ryn' as well if she wants to.

Its a lovely cornish/old english name :)

[SomersetONeil]

You haven't inflicted her with anything it's a beautiful a name. :)

[fraktion]

My DSis used get a lot of jokes around Christmas. She got around it by spelling it Meri, sounds the same but people aren't tempted to make the same joke for some reason. She's also perfected the raised eyebrow to go with 'no, not as in Christmas unless you can't spell'.

So Meriel, beautiful, but consider not using Merry.

[coldcupoftea]

I think Meriel is beautiful!

[zingally]

It's quite pretty, but I have a bit of an adversion to made-up names!