Merideth
Girl · MER-uh-dith · Welsh
Merideth is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “great lord”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Merideth mean?
Welsh: variant of Meredith, from Welsh Maredudd
“great lord”
A variant of Meredith, the Anglicised form of the Welsh name Maredudd, thought to mean 'great lord'.
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- MER-uh-dith
Is Merideth a girl's or a boy's name?
Merideth is a girls' name.
How popular is Merideth in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1972, with 61 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the girls named Merideth in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Merideth in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,276 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,205 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 30 | #3,891 |
| 1998 | 37 | #3,298 |
| 1997 | 32 | #3,544 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,937 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,964 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 30 | #3,575 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 32 | #3,247 |
| 1988 | 43 | #2,484 |
| 1987 | 36 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 29 | #3,133 |
| 1985 | 44 | #2,282 |
| 1984 | 36 | #2,573 |
| 1983 | 39 | #2,397 |
| 1982 | 42 | #2,327 |
| 1981 | 38 | #2,488 |
| 1980 | 42 | #2,308 |
| 1979 | 58 | #1,832 |
| 1978 | 45 | #2,092 |
| 1977 | 61 | #1,701 |
| 1976 | 50 | #1,840 |
| 1975 | 29 | #2,612 |
| 1974 | 42 | #1,999 |
| 1973 | 48 | #1,788 |
| 1972 | 61 | #1,526 |
| 1971 | 57 | #1,625 |
| 1970 | 43 | #1,952 |
| 1969 | 31 | #2,296 |
| 1968 | 12 | #3,999 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,844 |
| 1966 | 13 | #3,557 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,878 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,781 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 12 | #3,488 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 13 | #3,224 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,686 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 16 | #2,576 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,780 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,725 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,827 |
| 1947 | 12 | #3,060 |
| 1946 | 17 | #2,317 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,915 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,945 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,248 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,192 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
Names like Merideth
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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