Merna

Where Merna comes from

The dictionaries list Merna as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1895
    First appearance
    #1,592 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1930
    Peak, #795
    79 babies named Merna — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1941
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,335.
  4. 1976
    Merna Al Mohandes born
    Egyptian actor
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Merna Al Mohandes · Egyptian actor, 1976–2015

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.