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A name. A world of connections.
A given name in Finnish
No sourced pronunciation yet
01 / Meaning & origin
Meret is a feminine given name.
No etymology is recorded in our sources for this spelling yet. The record exists because the name is documented in use; a meaning will be shown only once a cited source supports it.
02 / Across borders
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5 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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Published statistics
United States, 2013: 5 girls (rank 16547).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
2000–2025 Spelling: Meret
Recorded category girls
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Source: Federal Statistical Office · Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 37 | 193 | observed |
| 2001 | 32 | 214 | observed |
| 2002 | 24 | 268 | observed |
| 2003 | 25 | 263 | observed |
| 2004 | 24 | 272 | observed |
| 2005 | 30 | 232 | observed |
| 2006 | 38 | 175 | observed |
| 2007 | 40 | 164 | observed |
| 2008 | 35 | 200 | observed |
| 2009 | 36 | 199 | observed |
| 2010 | 37 | 199 | observed |
| 2011 | 27 | 264 | observed |
| 2012 | 34 | 213 | observed |
| 2013 | 25 | 289 | observed |
| 2014 | 28 | 266 | observed |
| 2015 | 21 | 366 | observed |
| 2016 | 22 | 357 | observed |
| 2017 | 16 | 468 | observed |
| 2018 | 18 | 427 | observed |
| 2019 | 8 | 773 | observed |
| 2020 | 18 | 404 | observed |
| 2021 | 7 | 872 | observed |
| 2022 | 8 | 751 | observed |
| 2023 | 3 | 1,310 | observed |
| 2024 | 4 | 1,147 | observed |
| 2025 | 2 | 1,792 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Meret” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution)
Read our methodology04 / Through time
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
German-Swiss surrealist artist and lyricist (1913–1985)
German actress
Swiss singer and model
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
