Meredith
A girls’ name of Welsh origin, meaning great ruler or magnificent ruler.
How Meredith has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #590 |
| 2016 | #529 |
| 2017 | #499 |
| 2018 | #524 |
| 2019 | #580 |
| 2020 | #585 |
| 2021 | #570 |
| 2022 | #549 |
| 2023 | #509 |
| 2024 | #492 |
| 2025 | #469 |
Meredith by the numbers
In 2025, 48 babies in England and Wales were named Meredith. In the US, 626 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 2,071 babies in 1980, making it a 1980s name.
At its height, in 1980, about 1 in 860 American girls born that year was called Meredith.
Names that come from Meredith
Forms of Meredith in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Meredith. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a king or ruler
Like Meredith, each of these has a king or ruler in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Averyruler of the elves10,365 in the US (2017)
- Ryanlittle king; descendent of rian8,422 in the US (2017)
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
- Reaganlittle king3,211 in the US (2017)
- Emerybrave, powerful; industrious ruler2,983 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Meredith
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