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((Short description|English-language unisex given name of Welsh origin))
((other uses|Meredith (disambiguation)))
((more citations needed|date=July 2012))
((Infobox given name
| name = Meredith
| image=
| caption=
| pronunciation= ((IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ɛr|ᵻ|d|ɪ|θ)) ((respell|MERR|i|dith)),<br>((IPAc-en|m|ɛ|ˈ|r|ɛ|d|ɪ|θ)) ((respell|merr|ED|ith)) after the Welsh
| gender = [[Unisex name|Unisex]] (male and female)
| meaning = "Great lord" 
“salt and light” 
“grace”
| region = 
| origin = [[Welsh language|Welsh]]
| related names = 
| footnotes = 
))
'''Meredith''' is a Welsh [[given name]], and a surname common in parts of [[Wales]]. As a personal name, it was historically usually given to boys, but it has more recently been given mainly to girls. Meredith has many derivatives that have also become personal names and surnames.<ref name="welsh">((Cite book |title=Welsh Surnames |first1=T. J. |last1=Morgan |author-link=T. J. Morgan |first2=Prys |last2=Morgan |author2-link=Prys Morgan |publisher=[[University of Wales Press]] |year=1985 |isbn=0-7083-0936-4 |pages=160–162 ))</ref>

==Etymology and history==
In [[Old Welsh]] (c. 800–1150), the name was usually rendered as ''Morgetuid'' or ''Margetiud''.<ref name="welsh"/> The exact meaning of the first element, ''Mere'', is unclear, although some Welsh scholars have translated it as "great" or "splendid".<ref name="welsh"/> The final element of ''iudd'' has the meaning of ''lord'', and is found in other Welsh names such as ''[[Griffith (name)|Gruffydd]]'' and ''Bleidd[i]udd''.<ref name="welsh"/> However, in [[Middle Welsh]] (c. 1150s–1300s) the name was most commonly spelt as ''Maredud'' and ''Maredudd''; "in Welsh, the accent is on the [[penult]], and this leads at times to the elision of the vowel of the first syllable," producing an early variant ''Mredydd'', according to T. J. Morgan and Prys Morgan.<ref name="welsh"/> [[Anglo-Norman language|Anglo-Norman]] scribes often used ''e'' for the first syllable and substituting the double ''d'' with a ''th'', producing ''Mereduth''.<ref name="welsh"/> The forms ''Meredith'' and ''Meredyth'' are seen as early as the [[14th century]].<ref name="welsh"/>

In Medieval manuscripts, the name is frequently "disguised" in records produced by scribes unfamiliar with Welsh naming conventions, and has been confused with the Welsh name ''Moreiddig'' (which has produced ''Moredik'', ''Moriddik'', and ''Morithik'').<ref name="welsh"/> By the early [[Middle Ages]], the name took the form of ''Mereduc'', in part due to "its suitability for taking Latin case-endings".<ref name="welsh"/> The name has been rendered into [[Latin language|Latin]] as ''Mereducco'', ''Mereduci'', ''Mereduth'', ''Mereduco'', ''Mereduc'', ''Mereducus'', and ''Mereducius''.<ref name="welsh"/>

In the dialect of [[Dyfed]] ([[Pembrokeshire]]), the final [[voiced interdental fricative]] (represented in writing by ''dd'') was lost to produce the name ''Meredy''.<ref name="welsh"/> Despite not having any etymological connection, ''Meredith'' has also been equated or associated with ''Merrick'', ''Meyrick'', and ''Moryce'', "presumably on the basis of the 'Mer', although it is possible that ''Maurice'' was adopted as an approximation", according to Morgan and Morgan.<ref name="welsh"/>

Various forms of the name include ''Maredith'', ''Maradyth'', ''Merddith'', ''Merydethe'', ''Mredith'', ''Maready'', and ''Redith''. The surname "Merediz", found in the northern coastal region of Spain, particularly [[Asturias]], is derived from it. The surname is also found in Argentina and Mexico.((citation needed|date=July 2023))

==Derivatives==
A derivative or pet name of Meredith is ''Bedo'', which has given rise to a variety of other surnames, including: ''Beddas'', ''Beddis'', ''Beddus'', ''Beddose'', ''Beddos'', ''Beddoe'', ''Beddoes'', ''Beddowe'', ''Beado'', ''Beddah'', ''Beddow'', ''Beddas'', ''Beddass'', with a deliberate [[anglicisation]] of ''Beddis''/''Beddus'' into ''Bedhouse''.<ref name="welsh"/> The forms ''Beddoe'', ''Beddow'', ''Beddoes'', and ''Beddowes'' are particularly common within the [[Shropshire]] region of the Marches. The hardening characteristic of the [[Glamorgan]] and [[Monmouthshire (historic)|Monmouthshire]] accent mutated the ''d'' into ''t'', producing ''Bettoe'' and ''Bettoes'' with the anglicised variant as ''Betthouse''.<ref name="welsh"/>

==Notable people==
* [[Meredith Andrews]] (born 1983), American singer, songwriter, and worship leader (female)
* [[Meredith Artley]], journalist and former editor-in-chief of CNN.com (female)
* [[Meredith Baxter]] (born 1947), American actress (female)
* [[Meredith Belbin]] (born 1926), British management theorist (male)
* [[Meredith Brooks]] (born 1958), American musician (female)
* [[Meredith Burgmann]] (born 1947), Australian politician (female)
* [[Meredith Colket]] (1878–1947), American pole vault Olympic silver medal winner (male)
* [[Meredith Davies]] (1922–2005), British conductor (male)
* [[Murder of Meredith Emerson|Meredith Emerson]] (1983–2008), American murder victim, Meredith Emerson Memorial Privacy Act (U.S.) (female)
* [[Meredith Etherington-Smith]] (1946–2020), British art and fashion journalist (female)
* [[Med Flory|Meredith "Med" Flory]] (1926–2014), American musician and actor (male)
* [[Meredith Frampton]], (1894–1984), British painter (male)
* [[Meredith Poindexter Gentry]] (1809–1866), U.S. politician (male)
* [[Meredith Gourdine]] (1929–1998), American athlete, engineer and physicist (male)
* [[Meredith Hall]] (born 1949), American writer (female)
* [[Meredith G. Hastings]], American atmospheric chemist (female)
* [[Meredith Curly Hunter, Jr.]] (1951–1969), American man killed at the Altamont Free Concert (male)
* Meredith Lee Hughes, adopted as [[Lynda Bellingham]] (1948–2014), Canadian-born English actress and TV presenter (female)
* [[Meredith Hunter (politician)]] (born 1962), Australian politician (female)
* [[Murder of Meredith Kercher|Meredith Kercher]] (1985–2007), British woman murdered in Italy (female)
* [[Meredith MacRae]], (1944–2000), American actress (female)
* [[Meredith Monk]] (born 1942), American composer and vocal performer (female)
* [[Meredith Salenger]] (born 1970), American actress (female)
* [[Meredith Shiels]], American cancer epidemiologist (female)
* [[Meredith Stiehm]] (born 1969), American television producer and screenwriter (female)
* [[Meredith Tax]] (1942–2022), American writer (female)
* [[Meredith Vieira]] (born 1953), American journalist and television host (female)
*[[Meredith Whitney]] (born 1969), American businesswoman 
* [[Meredith Willson]] (1902–1984), American composer, songwriter, conductor, and playwright (male)
* [[O. Meredith Wilson]] (1909–1998), former President of the University of Minnesota (male)

==Fictional characters==
* Meredith, a character from the 1974 film ''[[The Conversation]]'', played by [[Elizabeth MacRae]]
* Meredith, a character in the [[Freeform (TV channel)|Freeform]] network series ''[[Pretty Little Liars]]'' with whom the character Byron cheated on his girlfriend
* Meredith Blake, a character in the book ''[[Five Little Pigs]]'' by [[Agatha Christie]]
* Meredith Blake, a character from the 1998 film ''[[The Parent Trap (1998 film)|The Parent Trap]]'', played by [[Elaine Hendrix]]
* Meredith Brody, ''[[NCIS: New Orleans]]'', an NCIS agent newly transferred to New Orleans at the start of the first season who left at the start of the third season
* [[Merry Gentry]], the protagonist of the ''Meredith Gentry'' series by Laurell K. Hamilton
* [[List of The Vampire Diaries characters|Meredith Fell]], a character on [[The CW Television Network|The CW]]'s TV series ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]''
* [[Meredith Gordon]], a character in the TV series ''[[Heroes (U.S. TV series)|Heroes]]'' who was an evolved human with the power of [[pyrokinesis]]
* [[Meredith Grey]], an attending general surgeon and Head of General Surgery in the TV medical drama ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'', played by [[Ellen Pompeo]]
* [[Rodney McKay|Meredith Rodney McKay]], a character in the TV series ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' and ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' played by [[David Hewlett]]
* Meredith Monahan, a character in the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] TV series ''[[SeaChange]]'' played by [[Jill Forster]]
* [[Meredith Palmer]], a character in the [[NBC]] TV sitcom ''[[The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office]]'' who was Dunder-Mifflin's resident lush
* Meredith Quill, a character in ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy (film)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]'', played by [[Laura Haddock]]
* Meredith Sulez, a character in ''[[The Vampire Diaries (novel series)|The Vampire Diaries]]'' novel series by [[L. J. Smith (author)|L. J. Smith]]
* Knight-Commander Meredith Stannard, a character in the ''[[Dragon Age II]]'' video game, by ''[[BioWare]]''
* Meredith Smith, the title character of "The Meredith Smith" episode of the [[NBC]] western TV series ''[[Bonanza]]''
* Meredith Vickers, a character in the 2012 film ''[[Prometheus (2012 film)|Prometheus]]''
* Meredith Walker, a [[Banshee]] in the [[MTV]] series ''[[Teen Wolf (2011 TV series)|Teen Wolf]]'' who is an ally to the McCall Pack

==See also==
* [[Maredudd]]

==References==
((Reflist|1))

==External links==

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