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Merryn

49 replies

3ormoredogs · 08/10/2021 19:59

For a girl although I’m aware it can be unisex?

Any thoughts?

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StrychnineInTheSandwiches · 08/10/2021 20:00

It's pretty.

Phyllis321 · 08/10/2021 20:00

I like it.

SpratsOnParade · 08/10/2021 20:00

It's beautiful and strong.

alexdgr8 · 08/10/2021 20:01

no i don't like it.
endless questions re spelling.
sounds like a surname.

HHSchultz · 08/10/2021 20:02

Love it!

Retrievemysanity · 08/10/2021 20:11

I knew a Merran. Nice name but she did have loads of problems with people thinking she said Mary or having to repeat/spell it out a lot!

Cindie943811A · 08/10/2021 20:19

I think it’s lovely and won’t date at all. I also quite like Kerryn.
People can mishear anything — I have endless trouble with my birthdate at the doctors etc — I’m told I enunciate clearly yet First is regularly misheard as Third or Fifth. So unless the names is really strange it isn’t worth taking that factor into account

TrampolineForMrKite · 08/10/2021 20:20

I knew one. No one could spell it and she was fucking loopy. It’s a no from me.

IVflytrap · 08/10/2021 20:22

Lovely name, easy to pronounce based on the spelling. I'm pretty sure it isn't unisex, though, as it's after a female saint? Same origin as the name Muirrean in Irish and Scottish Gaelic, iirc.

meadowbleu · 08/10/2021 20:22

I love it and think it can either sound sweet or strong, so it will adapt to her personality.

megletthesecond · 08/10/2021 20:23

I know a 10yr old Merryn. Great name.

Lulu1919 · 08/10/2021 20:23

I like it ....I know a 54 year old one !!!

Knockoneofftheshelftowin · 08/10/2021 20:24

It's a lovely name. I know someone whose surname it was, she used it as her daughter's middle name.
If you like it, use it.

Darkchocolateandcoffee · 08/10/2021 20:26

Don't like it

VanillaAndOrange · 08/10/2021 20:27

I like it.

BikeRunSki · 08/10/2021 20:28

Love it, but I am biased as I one I know is one of my best friends ever.I do really like it anyway though!

curiouscatgotkilled · 08/10/2021 20:33

I think it's a great name but isn't it the name of the baby in Catastrophe where the joke is no one can pronounce it, even the dad? But that's probably more to do with the Irish accent so maybe it depends on what your accent is?

It's lovely though and looks nice written down so it's a yes from me.

DotBall · 08/10/2021 20:36

Lovely name

ILoveAnOwl · 08/10/2021 20:39

Love it.

TheYearOfSmallThings · 08/10/2021 20:40

I've never heard of this name, or met one. It sounds a bit like Muireann, which is nice enough.

GobbledyGeek · 08/10/2021 20:48

Lovely name - I’ve only ever met one Merryn, she’s in her late fifties.

ChikiTIKI · 08/10/2021 20:51

I love this name and have used it 🙂

2lsinllama · 08/10/2021 20:51

I love it - I taught a Merryn years ago and she was lovely.

buddy79 · 08/10/2021 20:54

I love it, was on my shortlist but I had boys!

AuntDympna · 08/10/2021 20:55

A character in the book "We Were Liars", not sure if same spelling.

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