Name meaning & stats
Meridith
Meridith means “great lord” (Welsh origin). 2,655 US babies since 1940, peak 1971.
What it means
“great lord”
WelshForm of Meredith
In US birth records
Peak year: 1971
2,655 US babies were named Meridith between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Meridith (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 31 Merediths spell it Meridith
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1971)