Meri (name)
Meri is a female given name and a family name .
Origin and meaning
Meri is both a Finnish female given name meaning " the sea " and a Georgian female given name ( Georgian : მერი) as the Georgian form of Marie .
In addition, Meri occurs as a Finnish and Estonian family name.
Name bearer
First name
- Meri Arabidze (* 1994), Georgian chess player
- Meri Disoski (* 1982), Austrian politician (Greens)
- Meri Maijala (* 1993), Finnish biathlete
- Meri Voskanian (* 1987), German-Armenian RnB and soul singer
stage name
- Meri Husagic (* 1989), German actress
family name
- Arnold Meri (1919–2009), Estonian World War II veteran
- Georg Meri (1900–1983), Estonian diplomat, writer and translator
- Josef W. Meri (* 1969), American scholar
- Lennart Meri (1929–2006), Estonian writer and politician
- Mart Meri (* 1959), Estonian linguist and politician
- Sayed Emran Meri (* 1996), Afghan badminton player
- Veijo Meri (1928–2015), Finnish writer