Meredith

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Meredith

  • /məˈɹɛdɪθ/ Wales
  • /ˈmɛɹədɪθ/

Where it comes from

From Welsh Maredudd (“great lord”).

proper noun Merediths · Merrihew

  1. countable, uncountable A male given name from Welsh. 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. countable, uncountable A female given name from Welsh; sometimes mistaken for a combination of Mary and Edith. "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."
  3. countable, uncountable A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
  4. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Pitkin County, Colorado.
  5. countable, uncountable A township in Cloud County, Kansas.
  6. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Clare County, Michigan.
  7. countable, uncountable A town and census-designated place therein, in Belknap County, New Hampshire.
  8. countable, uncountable A town in Delaware County, New York, named after Samuel Meredith.
  9. countable, uncountable A township in Wake County, North Carolina, mostly occupied by portions of Raleigh.
  10. countable, uncountable A town in the Shire of Moorabool, Victoria, Australia.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: nathan, mer, meridith, mervyn, mervin, merry, ceri, meilyr, geraint, emlyn, carwyn, merlin, merril, gerwyn, bryn, nerys

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MLA

"Meredith." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/meredith. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Meredith. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/meredith

Chicago

"Meredith." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/meredith.

BibTeX
@misc{meredith_2026,
  title = {Meredith},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/meredith},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}