Meryem

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Мерьем in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, KZ Kazakhstan.

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 26 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◐

Meryem is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Arabic given name123K records spelled Meryem17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Syria, Türkiye, Morocco, Iraq

  Languages: Arabic, Amharic

  Also written Méryém, Méryem, Méryèm, Meryém, Mëryëm

• French given name56K records spelled Meryem23 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, Türkiye, Syria

  Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Méryem, Méryém, Mėřýēm, Mëryêm, Mĕryěm

• German given name52K records spelled Meryem39 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, Netherlands, Türkiye, Austria

  Languages: German, English, Western Frisian

  Also written M'Eryem, Méryem, Mêryem, Méřyëm, Mërÿëm

• Finnish given name789 records spelled Meryem2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Türkiye, Syria

  Also written Męřýĕm

32 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●

Meryem is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Turkish, 1. Peygamber İsa’nın annesi. 2. Dindar kadın.3. İbr. İsyan, ayaklanma.

  as a word·TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

• In Swedish, Meryem är en turkisk form av → Mariam (→ Maria).

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In German, weibl. Vom., türkische Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

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●

AT Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) — 40 years between 1984–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Clémentine Célariéb. 1957FRnot in their usual nameFrench actress, singer and writer
• Maryam d'Abob. 1960GBnot in their usual nameBritish actress
• Maryam Namazieb. 1966IRnot in their usual nameIranian activist and broadcaster
• Maryam Nawazb. 1973PKnot in their usual namePakistani politician
• Maryam Mirzakhanib. 1977USnot in their usual nameIranian mathematician (1977–2017)
• Haley Paigeb. 1981MXnot in their usual nameAmerican pornographic actress (1981-2007)
• Meryem Uzerlib. 1983DETurkish-German actor (born 1983)
• Maryam Zareeb. 1983DEnot in their usual nameGerman actress
• Maryam Yusuf Jamalb. 1984BHnot in their usual nameBahraini track and field athlete
• Princess Alexandra of Hanoverb. 1999MCnot in their usual nameMonegasque figure skater and princess

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 · 368 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Meryem?

We estimate roughly 333 thousand people bear Meryem (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Meryem have the most bearers?

We estimate about 321 thousand people bear Meryem in Türkiye, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled meryem.

Where is Meryem most common?

Meryem is densest in Türkiye, where the national register counts about 1 in 256 people carrying it.

How common is Meryem compared with other names?

In Türkiye, Meryem is the 24th most common given name of 294,597 given names recorded there.

Is Meryem a male or female name?

Meryem 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.

What does the name Meryem mean?

Recorded meaning: a female given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Mary or Miriam