Meredith
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Merrihew
Etymology
From Welsh Maredudd (“great lord”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Meredith (countable and uncountable, plural Merediths)
- A male given name from Welsh.
- 1942, Agatha Christie, Five Little Pigs, HarperCollins, published 1994, →ISBN, page 26:
- What was his name now? Literary sort of name - I've got it. Meredith. Meredith Blake. Don't know whether he's alive or not.
- A female given name from Welsh; sometimes mistaken for a combination of Mary and Edith.
- 2004, Jo Goodman, Forever In My Heart, Zebra Books, →ISBN, page 412:
- "What did I hear you say her name was?"
"Meredith. Mary and Edith. Names from both sides of the family."
"Meredith," he repeated softly. "I like it."
- A surname from Welsh .
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Pitkin County, Colorado.
- A township in Cloud County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Clare County, Michigan.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Belknap County, New Hampshire.
- A town in Delaware County, New York, named after Samuel Meredith.
- A township in Wake County, North Carolina, mostly occupied by portions of Raleigh.
- A town in the City of Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia.