Merilin

given name · Latin script

Meaning: a female given name of modern usage

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/meɾilin/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Merilin is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Estonia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • EEEstonia≈1 in 1.8K(inferred from the name graph)
  • UYUruguay1 in 83K
  • CRCosta Rica1 in 170K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Estonia (inferred from the name graph)

≈670 people, est.

Sources
57 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.8K (inferred from the name graph)

Estonia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

a female given name of modern usage

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Merilin counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Merilin is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
EE Estonia#984≈670 est.≈1 in 1.8K990Merilin28
BR Brazil—3751 in 565K468Merilin47
PH Philippines—≈90 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Merilin6
IT Italy—≈73 est.≈1 in 857K1Merilin2
VE Venezuela—≈59 est.≈1 in 488K—Merilin7
DO Dominican Republic—≈53 est.≈1 in 198K—Merilin9
UY Uruguay—411 in 83K41Merilin9
CR Costa Rica—301 in 170K30Merilin3
FI Finland—261 in 214K140—2

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); the ee-stat-nimed register; INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Merilin is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Bulgarian given name12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, United States

    Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian

    Also written Мерилин, Merilyn

  • French given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Mérilin

  • Polish given name22 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Poland, Czechia, Russia

    Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

    Also written Marilyn, Мэрилин, Marilyne, Mārilyn, Мэрылін

33 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

197019801990Merilin Kiviorg, b. 1973Merilin Kotta, b. 1982Merilin Kirbits, b. 1986

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHola Merilin,Hi Merilin, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 28 sources across 19 countries.

Official registers attesting Merilin
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—990#164
BR BrazilBrasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)—468#7,773
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—459#15,121
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2022375—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—374#16,327
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2010354—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2000290—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)1990206—
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—140#2,292
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)1980136—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)199084—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)198070—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Merilin mean, and where does it come from?
a female given name of modern usage Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
What are other forms of the name Merilin?
In the etymology graph, Maarja is a form of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Merilin?
A machine transcription gives /meɾilin/ (IPA) for Spanish.
Is Merilin a male or female name?
Merilin is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Merilin have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 669 people named Merilin in Estonia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled merilin.
How common is the name Merilin?
In Brazil, the national register counted 375 people named Merilin in 2022, about 1 in 565 thousand residents.
How common is Merilin compared with other names?
In Estonia, Merilin is the 984th most common given name of 9,600 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Merilin” — the 984th most common given name in Estonia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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