What does Meredith mean?

Meredith means "great chief"

How do we pronounce Meredith?

Meredith \me-re-dit(h), mer-edi-th\ is a female's name. It consists of 8 letters and 3 syllables.

The baby girl name Meredith is also used as a boy name pronounciation, though it is more commonly a girl name. It is pronounced MEHRahDih-TH in English 1.

1 Pronunciation for Meredith: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; TH as in "theme (TH.IY.M)"

What is the origin of Meredith?

Meredith is of Welsh origin. It is used mainly in English and Welsh. The meaning of Meredith is 'great chief'. The first name is Anglicized from the male name Maredudd (Old Welsh), Meredudd (Old Welsh) or Meredydd (Old Welsh), which are of the second element iudd ('chief, lord') and the possible first element mawredd ('greatness'). Meredith has 19 forms. Forms of the name consist of Maredud meaning and origin, short names for Meradith, baby name Meredeth, Meredithe meaning of name, name Meredy meaning, name Meredydd meaning, name Meredythe meaning, name Meri origin, name Meridath meaning, Meridel pronounciation, nicknames for Meridie, Merri meaning, Merridie name variations, Merridith name variations, and Merrie name variations. Other English forms consist of the shortening meaning of Merry, and the spelling variants name Meredyth meaning, Merideth meaning, and name Meridith. Meredith is an all-time favorite. Currently it is still rather popular as a baby girl name, but to a lesser degree than it was previously. The name grew in popularity from the 1910s up to the 1980s. At the modest height of its usage in 1980, 0.116% of baby girls were named Meredith. It was #140 in rank then. The baby name has seen a drop in popularity since then. In 2010, it ranked at #603 with a usage of 0.025%, was nevertheless the most frequently used within all girl names in its family. Although there were times from 1901 to 1931 that Meredith was more popular with boys, today it is used more commonly as a baby girl name. In 1954, 5 times more baby girls than boys were given the name Meredith.

A famous person named Meredith is TV Personality, Meredith Vieira, born 30 December 1953, Providence, Rhode Island.

List of baby names Meredith:

the name Meradith name popularity, the name what does the name Merridith mean, the name Maaratha name variations, the name short names for Maratha, the name baby name Mardea, the name name Mardhiya, the name Maredud name popularity, the name short names for Maretha, the English and Scottish name Maretta origin, the name Maridhea meaning of name, the name short names for Maridhia, the name Mariet meaning, the Dutch, German, Spanish, English, and Italian name Marita meaning, the Italian and Spanish Maritta name variations, the name Marothea name popularity, the name baby name Marothia, the name Marothiya meaning of name, the name Martaha pronounciation, the Spanish Martita pronounciation, and the name baby name Martoya.

The baby name Meredith fun facts:

The name Meredith in reverse order is "Htiderem".

The numerological value of the name Meredith is number 1, which means initiating action, pioneering, leading, independent, attaining, individual.

How popular is Meredith?

Meredith is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
20140.03%
20130.02%
20120.02%
20110.03%
20100.03%
20090.03%
20080.04%
20070.05%
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames