Merry

See also merry

English

Proper noun

Merry

1. A surname. Originally a nickname for a merry person.
2. A female given name from the adjective, also a diminutive of Mary and Mercy.
3. A male given name, a diminutive of Meredith.

Quotations

• 1844 Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, Chapter 2:

  'Is he handsome, Pa?' inquired the younger daughter.

  'Silly Merry!' said the eldest: Merry being fond for Mercy. 'What is the premium, Pa? tell us that.'

• 1964 Brigid Brophy, The Waste Disposal Unit, Best Short Plays of the World Theatre 1958-1967, page 50:

  It was on account of she had such a happy temperament I persuaded Mr. van der Most to let me call her Merry. Lots of folks, when they first meet her, they think she's called Mary - Maria, as you would say it, Signor Lumaca - but no, her name is really Merry, M-E-double-R-Y, because, I always tell them, she is.