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Meredith

Gender: F Popularity: this week. Origin of Meredith: Welsh Meaning of Meredith: "great ruler" Meredith's Popularity in 2012: #668
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Soft, gentle-sounding name used mainly for girls now, associated with TV personality Meredith Vieira. Meredith Grey was the female-surgeon protagonist of 'Grey's Anatomy'.

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Famous People Named Meredith

Meredith Vieira, American journalist
Meredith Ann Baxter, American actress
Meredith Ann Brooks, American musician
Meredith Monroe, American actress
Meredith Stepien, American singer/actress
Meredith Baxter Birney, American actress

Pop Culture References for the Name Meredith

Dr. Meredith Grey, a main character on "Grey's Anatomy"
Dr. Meredith Fell, character on "The Vampire Diaries"
Meredith Blake, snobby rich character in "The Parent Trap"
Meredith Morton, a main character in "The Family Stone"
Meredith Palmer, a main character on "The Office"
Meredith Davies, Tru's sister on the show "Tru Calling"
Meredith King, character on "The Nine Lives of Chloe King"
Meredith Vickers, character in "Prometheus"
Meredith, character in the the movie "Bratz"
Meredith Sulez, character in the "Vampire Diaries" book series by L. J. Smith

Nicknames & Variations for Meredith

Meradith, Meredeth, Meredithe, Meredy, Meredyth, Meredythe, Meridath, Merideth, Meridie, Meridith, Merridie, Merridith, Merry

Meredith

Gender: M Popularity: this week. Origin of Meredith: Welsh Meaning of Meredith: "great chief"
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Meredith has been considered primarily a girl's name since the fifties, before which it was more commonly used for boys. Comic actor Jay Mohr recently named his son Meredith, which might help it swing back into the blue column.

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Meredith Willson, American composer/playwright
Meredith Daniel Mohr (b. 2011), son of actor Jay Mohr
Burgess Meredith, American actor

Pop Culture References for the Name Meredith

Meredith is the actual first name of fictional physicist Dr. Rodney McKay on the sci-fi show "Stargate Atlantis."

Nicknames & Variations for Meredith

Meridith

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