The name Meredith is usually given to a Boy or Girl.
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The origin of the name lies in Welsh.
Meredith is pronounced as MEHRahDIHTH
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Originally derived from a Welsh surname meaning "ruler of battle". Until the 20th century, Meredith was more popular as a boy's name, since the 1920s it has been used more for girls.
Summary
Pronunciation
MEHRahDIHTH
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Meredith | Girl's Baby Names | Bounty
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Meaning
Derived from the
Welsh element 'mawredd' meaning 'greatness', the name means 'great chief'.
May alsp be derived from the Hebrew name
Meri meaning 'the sea' or 'bitterness'.
Pronunciation
MEHRahDIHTH
Meaning, origin and history of the name Meredith - Behind the Name
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Meaning
From the
Welsh name
Maredudd or
Meredydd, from Old
Welsh forms such as
Margetud, possibly from mawredd "greatness, magnificence" combined with iudd "lord". The
Welsh forms of this name were well used through the Middle Ages. Since the mid-1920s it has been used more often for girls than for boys in English-speaking countries, though it is still a masculine name in Wales. A famous bearer of this name as surname was the
English novelist and poet
George Meredith (1828-1909).
Pronunciation
/ˈmɛɹ.ə.dɪθ/(English)