Meredith is a girl's name of Irish and Celtic origin meaning “great lord.” In 2024 it was given to 621 girls in the United States.
Meredith at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Irish & Celtic
Meaning
“great lord”
Pronunciation
/məˈɹɛdɪθ/
About the name Meredith
Meredith belongs to the Irish & Celtic tradition. Its meaning — “great lord” — is the sense carried by its Irish and Celtic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Meredith first appears in Social Security records in 1895. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #140 in 1980, and in 2024 621 babies received the name — 77,125 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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