Merida

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/ˈmɛ(ə)ɹ.ɪ.də/

proper noun

A female given name originating as a coinage.

OriginSpanish Mérida →
Less commonScrabble 9
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Meanings

Merida1

proper noun
  1. A female given name originating as a coinage.

    Rachel Atkinson. […] Merida Smith. […] Nellie Myers.

    1951, Albert Ross Hogue, Mark Twain's Obedstown and Knobs of Tennessee: A History of Jamestown and Fentress County, Tennessee, page 79
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    The defendants, Leonard Morgan, Felix Forman, William Poe, Steve Forman and Jim Hatchett Baker, Merida Smith, Tine Williams and Bud Tegarden, composed the Poe crowd […]

    1920, Reports of civil and criminal cases decided by the Court of Appeals of Kentucky, page 460

    QUEEN ELINOR — Merida, a princess does not place her weapons on the table.

    2012, various authors, Brave (film), Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios

Merida2

proper nounMerida (plural Meridas)

plural Meridas

  1. A habitational surname.

Origin

Merida · proper noun

Uncertain. Possibly a coinage based on Mary, or transferred from the Spanish place name Mérida.

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Merida · proper noun

  1. SpanishMérida
  2. EnglishMerida

Borrowed from Spanish Mérida.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Merida. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Merida

MLA

“Merida.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Merida. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Merida,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Merida.

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