Meredith

Muh-RED-ith (Wales); MEH-red-ith (US/England)
Welsh
"great ruler"

Meredith Origin and Meaning

The name Meredith is a girl's name of Welsh origin meaning "great ruler".

Meredith is a soft, gentle-sounding name with subtle Welsh roots. Although originally a boys’ name , Meredith is used mainly for girls now.

Meredith's highest point of popularity for girls in the U.S. was in the late seventies and into the eighties, when it ranked as high as Number 140.

Meredith, when said with the American and English pronunciation, offers the delightful "Merry/Merri" as a nickname. Be aware, however, that the correct Welsh pronunciation has the emphasis on the second syllable (muh-RED-ith), making "Reddy" a more suitable nickname.

# 509 in the US

Meredith Rank in US Top 1000

# 323 on Nameberry

Meredith Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Meredith Popularity

Famous People Named Meredith

  • Meredith Jane Monk
    American composer
  • Meredith Stiehm
    American TV producer and writer
  • Meredith Vieira
    American TV 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
  • Meredith McGrath
    American tennis player
  • Meredith Dawn Salenger
    American actress
  • Meredith Frances Andrews
    American Christian singer
  • Meredith Lynn MacRae
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  • Meredith Grace Duggar (b.2015)
    daughter of Josh and Anna Duggar of reality TV show 19 Kids and Counting
  • Meredith Grace Mickelson
    American model
  • Meredith Hope Eaton
    American actress

Meredith in Pop Culture

  • Dr. Meredith Grey
    a main character on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
  • Meredith Grey
    Taylor Swift's cat
  • Dr. Meredith Fell
    character on TV's "The Vampire Diaries"
  • Meredith Sulez
    character in "The Vampire Diaries" book series
  • Meredith Blake
    character in film "The Parent Trap"
  • Meredith Morton
    main character in film "The Family Stone"
  • Meredith Elizabeth Palmer
    character on TV's "The Office"
  • Meredith Davies
    Tru's sister on TV's "Tru Calling"
  • Meredith Sorenson
    character on TV's "Pretty Little Liars"
  • Meredith King
    character on TV's "The Nine Lives of Chloe King"
  • Meredith Vickers
    character in film "Prometheus"
  • Meredith
    character in film "Bratz"
  • Meredith Patterson
    character in comic strip "For Better or for Worse"
  • Meredith "Merry" Baker Burchill
    character in "The distant hours" by Kate Morton
  • Meredith Walker
    character on TV's "Teen Wolf"
  • Meredith Serling
    character in 1996 film "Courage Under Fire"
  • Meredith Blake
    character in "Five Little Pigs" by Agatha Christie
  • Meredith "Merry" Gentry
    main character in the series by Laurell K. Hamilton
  • Meredith Gordon
    character on TV's "Heroes"
  • Meredith Stannard
    character in video game "Dragon Age 2"
  • Meredith Baxter
    character in the webcomic "Riverside Extras" by Miri Chamberlain
  • Meredith
    character in film "The Conversation"
  • Meredith
    character in "The Talented Mr. Ripley"
  • Meredith
    character in "Monster Trucks"
  • Meredith “Ered” Miller
    character in the Rooster Teeth animated series "Camp Camp"