Entry № 6778 · Hebrew origin

Merab Merab — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MEH-rahb /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Increase, abundance"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew Bible)

A name that means "increase, abundance".

Merab (מֵרַב) is the Hebrew word for "increase" or "abundance." In 1 Samuel 18, Merab was Saul's older daughter — promised to David but given instead to Adriel. Mother of five.

Merab is widely used in religious Jewish and Georgian families. Also a Georgian masculine name (Mediterranean transliteration).

Increase. Saul's elder daughter.

The name in its native script.

מֵרַב
Transliteration
Mērav
Pronunciation
/ ˈmɛ.rɑːb /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Merab stands.

Merab does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Merabs before her.

Real people
Merav Michaeli
Israeli politician.
born 1966
In fiction
Merab
Saul's elder daughter in 1 Samuel.
Hebrew Bible

Names connected to Merab.

The number behind Merab.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Merab reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.