Meredith

English

Etymology

Welsh (Maredudd), great lord.

Proper noun

Meredith

1. A male given name.
   • 1942 Agatha Christie, Five Little Pigs, HarperCollins (1994), ISBN 0006163726, 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 Welsh patronymic surname​.
3. A female given name; sometimes mistaken for a combination of Mary and Edith.
   • 2004 Jo Goodman: Forever In My Heart. Zebra Books 2004. ISBN 082177784X 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."

Derived terms

• Meredithian

Anagrams

• mithered