Name meaning & stats
Meredith
Meredith means “great lord” (Welsh origin). 77,169 US babies since 1940, peak 1980.
What it means
“great lord”
WelshWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1980
77,169 US babies were named Meredith between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Meredith (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 94% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1980)