As a given name, Merry may refer to:

• Merry Anders (1934–2012), American actress born Mary Helen Anderson
• Merry Clayton (born 1948), American soul and gospel singer
• Gladys Geissmann (1908–1978), better known as Merry Hull, American accessory designer credited with the "finger-free" glove
• Merry Lepper (born 1942), American long-distance runner acknowledged to have set a world record in the marathon in 1963
• Merry Lindsey, American cardiac physiologist
• Merry Brandybuck, a character in The Lord of the Rings
• Merry Pemberton, a DC Comics character
• Merry Riana (born 1980), Chinese-Indonesian motivational speaker, entrepreneur, and writer
• Merry Wiesner-Hanks, American historian