Merin

Family name origins & meanings

• Spanish (Merín) : possibly a variant of Marín (see Marin), or in some cases perhaps a habitational name from one of the places in Galicia named Merín (A Coruña and Pontevedra provinces).
• Jewish (from Belarus) : metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Mere, a pet form of the personal name of Miryam (see Mirkin).