Meredyth
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAIR-a-dith
- Origin
- Welsh
Meredyth is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “great lord”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Meredyth mean?
Welsh: spelling variant of Meredith, from Welsh Maredudd
“great lord”
Originally a Welsh man's name, borne by several medieval Welsh princes.
Is Meredyth a girl's or a boy's name?
Meredyth is a girls' name.
How popular is Meredyth in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1974, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the girls named Meredyth in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Meredyth in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,853 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,234 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,558 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,361 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,894 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,570 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,492 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
Nicknames for Meredyth
Names like Meredyth
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sarah, Mariah, Melissa, Amanda, Elizabeth, Maria, Emily, Miranda, Samantha, Marisol, Sara, Julia
Names related to Meredyth
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Meredyth: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/meredyth, updated 20 October 2026.