Meredith

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Welsh Maredudd (great lord).

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Meredith (countable and uncountable, plural Merediths)

  1. 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.
  2. 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."
  3. A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
  4. A number of places in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Pitkin County, Colorado.
    2. A township in Cloud County, Kansas.
    3. An unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Clare County, Michigan.
    4. A town and census-designated place therein, in Belknap County, New Hampshire.
    5. A town in Delaware County, New York, named after Samuel Meredith.
    6. A township in Wake County, North Carolina, mostly occupied by portions of Raleigh.
  5. A town in the City of Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

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