Merida

//ˈmɛ(ə)ɹ.ɪ.də// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name originating as a coinage.

    "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 […]"

  2. 2
    A habitational surname.

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"Merida is the only Disney princess that doesn't sing or dance in her movie."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish Mérida.

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