The first name Meridith
A girl’s name from Welsh.
3 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Welsh origin
A female given name from Welsh, variant of Meredith.
A form of Meredith.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
Meridith last appeared in the official list in 2011, given to 3 girls.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Meridith with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Meridith at birth, 1880–2025
In 2021, 6 girls born in the United States were named Meridith, the 14,675th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1971, when 104 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
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Questions
- What is the origin of the name Meridith?
- Meridith comes from Welsh.
- How popular is the name Meridith?
- In 2011, 3 girls born in England and Wales were named Meridith, ranking 5,785th.
- Is Meridith a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 99% of the 2,684 US babies named Meridith since 1880 were girls.
- When was Meridith most popular?
- 1971 in the United States, when 104 babies were named Meridith, its highest rank at 1,128th.
- What name is Meridith a form of?
- Meridith is a form of Meredith.