Meredith

• (surname): Merrihew

From Welsh Maredudd (“great lord”).

• (Wales) IPA^(key): /məˈɹɛdɪθ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɹədɪθ/

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."

   • 2025 March 26, Jordan Valinsky, “Chili’s is opening a retro restaurant in Scranton that celebrates ‘The Office’”, in CNN Business‎^[1], archived from the original on 16 April 2025:

     Chili’s has also enlisted several actors from “The Office” to star in the ads, including Melora Hardin (Jan Levinson), Andy Buckley (David Wallace), Brian Baumgartner (Kevin Malone) and Kate Flannery (Meredith Palmer).

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.

• Meredithian

• Meridith
• Merida

• Merideth, mithered, theremid