Entry № 6702 · Hebrew origin

Meirav Meirav — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MAY-rahv /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Abundance (Hebrew + Merab eldest daughter of King Saul)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew)

A name that means "abundance (hebrew + merab eldest daughter of king saul)".

Meirav is from the Hebrew מֵרַב (Mēravabundance, increase, multitude). A modern American baby name in the broader Hebrew-biblical heritage aesthetic. Meirav is one of the foundational Hebrew feminine names — central to traditional Jewish heritage. The foundational name connects to foundational Merab / Meirav — foundational eldest daughter of foundational King Saul (foundational first King of Israel c. 1050-1010 BCE + foundational tribe of Benjamin) + foundational central figure in foundational 1 Samuel 14:49 + 18:17-19 + foundational originally promised to foundational David foundational future king of Israel + foundational instead married to foundational Adriel the Meholathite + foundational mother of foundational five sons (handed over to Gibeonites 2 Samuel 21:8) + foundational sister of foundational Michal (foundational David's first wife) + foundational Jonathan (David's beloved friend) + foundational central to foundational Saul-David narrative + foundational Israelite monarchy heritage + foundational ~1,200 BCE Iron Age Israelite kingdom. Foundational Hebrew feminine name reflecting biblical foundational heritage.

Featured throughout Hebrew heritage.

Abundance (Hebrew). Foundational Hebrew-biblical feminine + foundational Hebrew Mērav abundance + increase + multitude + foundational Merab / Meirav foundational eldest daughter of King Saul + foundational first King of Israel c. 1050-1010 BCE + foundational tribe of Benjamin + foundational central figure in 1 Samuel 14:49 + 18:17-19 + foundational originally promised to David foundational future king of Israel + foundational instead married to Adriel the Meholathite + foundational mother of five sons handed over to Gibeonites 2 Samuel 21:8 + foundational sister of Michal foundational David's first wife + foundational Jonathan David's beloved friend + foundational Saul-David narrative + foundational Israelite monarchy heritage + foundational ~1,200 BCE Iron Age Israelite kingdom.

The name in its native script.

מֵרַב
Transliteration
Mērav
Pronunciation
/ ˈmeɪ.rɑːv /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Meirav stands.

Meirav 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.

Meiravs before her.

Real people

In fiction
Merab / Meirav
Eldest daughter of King Saul + sister of Michal + Jonathan + 1 Samuel 14:49.
Tanakh

Names connected to Meirav.

The number behind Meirav.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Meirav reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.