Mera

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Mora in MX Mexico, CR Costa Rica, ES Spain and 12 more, Moura in BR Brazil, PT Portugal, NL Netherlands and 2 more, Morre in PH Philippines, AT Austria, BE Belgium and Meri in IN India.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Mera is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English surname74K records spelled Mera14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ecuador, United States, India, Philippines

  Languages: English, Western Frisian

  Also written Mērą, Mērä, Mėrå, Mèrà, M̸e̸r̸a

• Hindi surname43K records spelled Mera5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Pakistan, United States, Spain

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Ṁệrä, Mèrã, Mërä

• a separate surname12K records spelled Mera4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ecuador, India, United States, Ethiopia

  Also written Mèra, Mėra, Méra

• French surname3.1K records spelled Mera19 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Ecuador

  Also written Méra, Mèra, Merá, Mërå, Mèrä

• Indonesian surname2.5K records spelled Mera5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Indonesia, Ecuador, Peru

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Męŕą, Mëŕâ, Mêrà

• Thai surname2.2K records spelled Mera22 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand, Laos, India, Turkmenistan

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written เหมรา, Hemra, Hemmara, เมรา, เหมมะระ

• German surname1.3K records spelled Mera4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, Switzerland, United States, Spain

  Also written Mërã, Mèra, Męřå

• Turkish surname1.3K records spelled Mera7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, India, Spain, Ecuador

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written Mêrä, Mërä, Pasture, Mêŕã, Měřa

49 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.

Other recorded senses●

Mera is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• habitational name from any of the several placed named Mera in Galicia.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In English, The seventh month of Meitei traditional lunar calendar.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Spanish, feminine singular of mero

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• a variant of Maryaam and

  as a name·Whats in a name = Unaitwaje a Swahili book of names

• In Finnish, synonym of tamma (“mare”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 124 years between 1901–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Juan León Merab. 1832ECEcuadorian writer, artist and politician (1832-1894)
• Cipriano Merab. 1897ESSpanish anarchist and army officer (1897–1975)
• Koichi Merab. 1933JPJapanese academic
• Raúl Merab. 1936UYUruguayan basketball player
• Rosalía Merab. 1944ESSpanish businesswoman; co-founder of Inditex, Zara (1944-2013)
• Yoshikazu Merab. 1971JPJapanese countertenor singer
• Jacques Toukhmanianb. 1984COnot in their usual nameColombian actor
• María Merab. 1986ESSpanish actor
• Ioan Merab. 1987RORomanian footballer
• Jeremy Arévalob. 2005ESnot in their usual nameEcuadorian-Spanish footballer

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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 469 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Mera?

We estimate roughly 364 thousand people bear Mera (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Mera have the most bearers?

Mera is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled mora.

Where is Mera most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Mera is densest in Costa Rica — about 1 in 38 people — even though Mexico holds more of our records for it.

How common is Mera compared with other names?

In Mexico, Mera is the 89th most common surname of 198,716 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Mera mean?

Recorded meaning: habitational name for someone from the village of Mera (Hungarian Mera) in Transylvania.