MERRILL  

Gender: F
Origin: English
Meaning: "sea-bright"

Once fairly common for males, it's rarely used for girls with this spelling. Chef Emeril Lagasse dropped the initial E from his name and called his daughter Meril.

Variations:
Merril, Merrall, Meryl, Merill, Meril

Merrill is being discussed in our message boards:

• What names have we missed?
• You and your siblings.
• Aster+Blythe+Lark= ??? my spin off question
• middle name for Aria
• Yaaaay! A family,you have always dreamed of!

Read Nameberry blog posts about Merrill:

• THE LOST BOYS’ NAMES OF 1880
• POETIC BABY NAMES