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[ 2 syll. mer-na, me-rna ] The girl name Merna is pronounced MEHRNah †. Merna's language of origin is Gaelic and it is predominantly used in the English language. Merna is a variant spelling of Myrna (English). Merna is an uncommon baby name for girls. At the modest height of its usage in 1930, 0.007% of baby girls were given the name Merna. Its ranking then was #801. The baby name has since declined in popularity, and is currently of only very light use. Within all girl names in its group, Merna was nonetheless the most popular in 2008. Baby names that sound like Merna include Mairim (English), Mairwen, Mareen (Scandinavian), Maren (Frisian, Scandinavian, and English), Marene (Scandinavian), Marinae, Marine (French), Marinna, Marna (Scandinavian), Marni (English), Marnie (English), Marny (English), Marthan, Maurane (French), Maureen (English and Irish), Mayrene, Máirín (Irish), Miran, Miren (Basque), and Mirna (Italian, Slavic, and English).
† Pronunciation for Merna: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
