Merry
[ˈmɛri]Meaning
from the English word merry, ultimately from Old English myrige
Background Story
Merry comes from the English word merry, ultimately from Old English myrige. It appears in Charles Dickens' novel Martin Chuzzlewit (1844), where it is a diminutive of Mercy. It is also the name of a hobbit in J. R. R. Tolkien's trilogy The Lord of the Rings (1954), whose full given name is Meriadoc; Merry is a semi-translation into English of his true hobbit-language name Kali, meaning "jolly, merry" (in full Kalimac). The name is used in Catalan, Hungarian and Spanish.
Related Names
Jolly
English word meaning cheerful or happy; recorded as a rare given name in American English
Mundy
Recorded as a masculine given name in Irish
Bubbly
English word meaning "full of bubbles", recorded as a given name in English
Giddy
Not documented as a word with a meaning; recorded as an English given name
Jacky
Diminutive of Jacques; from Jack + -y
Merrily
English adverb, in a cheerful or merry way
Bobby
Diminutive of Bob, from Bob + -y
Buddy
From the English word meaning "friend"; probably a nursery form of "brother"
Chris
Short form of Christopher, Christian, Christine and other names beginning with Chris
Colby
From an English surname, from Old Norse Koli, "coal, dark", and b r, "farm, settlement"