Meredith
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About Meredith
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.
Pronounced Muh-RED-ith (Wales); MEH-red-ith (US/England).
As of October 2026, Meredith ranked #469 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #140 in 1980, Nameberry popularity #327.
Editor's take: The name Meredith is a girl's name of Welsh origin meaning "great ruler".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #611 | 476 | 266.5 |
| 2015 | #590 | 510 | 285.7 |
| 2016 | #529 | 588 | 331.8 |
| 2017 | #502 | 628 | 363.7 |
| 2018 | #524 | 598 | 351.5 |
| 2019 | #580 | 527 | 314 |
| 2020 | #585 | 499 | 308.7 |
| 2021 | #570 | 533 | 324.8 |
| 2022 | #549 | 557 | 339.6 |
| 2023 | #509 | 595 | 370.8 |
| 2024 | #492 | 621 | 383.3 |
| 2025 | #469 | 656 | 408.1 |
World rankings
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Meredith on lists
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Meredith in pop culture
- Dr. Meredith Grey
a main character on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
- Meredith Grey
Taylor Swift's cat
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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"
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character on TV's "The Office"
- Meredith Davies
Tru's sister on TV's "Tru Calling"
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character on TV's "Pretty Little Liars"
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character on TV's "The Nine Lives of Chloe King"
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character in film "Prometheus"
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character in film "Bratz"
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character in comic strip "For Better or for Worse"
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character in "The distant hours" by Kate Morton
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character on TV's "Teen Wolf"
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character in 1996 film "Courage Under Fire"
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character in "Five Little Pigs" by Agatha Christie
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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"
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character in the webcomic "Riverside Extras" by Miri Chamberlain
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character in film "The Conversation"
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character in "The Talented Mr. Ripley"
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character in "Monster Trucks"
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character in the Rooster Teeth animated series "Camp Camp"
Variations & nicknames
- Mer
- Meri
- Merry
- Edie
- Edith