Merab is a distinctive choice, ranked #1603 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Merab in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1603
About the Name Merab
Merab is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 3890 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1410 in 2023 โ and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been recorded in UK data since 2008.
Merab is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school โ standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Merab
Unlikely. With around 19 UK babies named Merab per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Merab in her class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Merab is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 3890 places over the last five years to #1603 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Merab is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Merab include: Merab Ninidze โ Merab Ninidze is a Georgian actor.; Merab Jordania โ Merab Jordania, is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.; Merab Dzodzuashvili โ Merab Dzodzuashvili is a Georgian football player who is currently playing for Greek club Asteria Drapetsona..
Merab does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice โ your child is unlikely to encounter American Merabs in the wild.
19
UK babies named Merab (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 3890 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Merab
Likely around 1 other Merab in the class
UK Popularity (2008–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Merab
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Merab Ninidze is a Georgian actor. Internationally, he is known for the roles of Walter Redlich in Nowhere in Africa, Oleg Penkovsky in The Courier and Cardinal Giulio Sabbadin in Conclave.
Merab Ratishvili is a Georgian businessman, political scientist and author who has been imprisoned in Georgia since 15 July 2008 for his political activities and opposition to the Mikheil Saakashvili government.
Merab Kostava (Georgian: แแแ แแ แแแกแขแแแ) was a Georgian dissident, musician and poet; one of the leaders of the National-Liberation movement in Georgia. Along with Zviad Gamsakhurdia, he led the dissident movement in Georgia against the Soviet Union and was active in protests for an independent Georgia, until his death in a car crash in 1989.
Paul Merab was a Georgian medical doctor, pharmacist and researcher of Ethiopia. Merab was born in a Georgian Roman Catholic community, now Samtskhe-Javakheti region in south Georgia.