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Early Origins of the Meret family

The surname Meret was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where this family was established in early times.

Early History of the Meret family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Meret research. Another 76 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1200, 1250, 1645, 1675, 1707, 1715, 1838 and 1912 are included under the topic Early Meret History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Meret Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Demers, Demere, Demerre, Demery, Demerey, Demerais, Demeret, Demerez, Lemers, Lemere, Lemerre, Lemery, Lemerey, Lemerais, Lemeret, Lemerez, Desmery, Démery, Lesmery, Lémery, Lamer, Lamers, Lamere, Lamerre, Lamery, Lamerais, Lameret, Merre, Mérais, Méret, Mérey, Méry, Merrée, Mériaux, Mériau, Mériel, Mériet, Méric, Mérigon, Mérigot, Mériguet, Mérigeau and many more.

Early Notables of the Meret family

Notable amongst the family in this period was Huon de Méry (fl. 1200-1250), French author of "Li Tournoiemenz Anticrit" or in English "The Tournament of the Antichrist"), a 3,546-line Old...
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Meret Ranking

In France, the name Meret is the 8,427th most popular surname with an estimated 500 - 1,000 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Meret family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Bastian Merrée, who settled in Philadelphia in 1727; Father Demers, who was living in Quebec in 1848; Dominique Lamer, who settled in Atlanta in 1848.


Contemporary Notables of the name Meret (post 1700) +

  • Meret Becker (b. 1969), German actress and singer
  • Meret Oppenheim (1913-1985), Swiss artist and lyricist


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/


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