Meredith

From Welsh Maredudd (“great lord”).

Meredith (plural Merediths)

1. A male given name.
   • 1942, Agatha Christie, Five Little Pigs (HarperCollins 1994, →ISBN, page 26:

     What was his name now? Literary sort of name - I've got it. Meredith. Meredith Blake. Don't know whether he's alive or not.

2. A Welsh patronymic surname​.
3. A female given name; sometimes mistaken for a combination of Mary and Edith.
   • 2004, Jo Goodman, Forever In My Heart (Zebra Books 2004, →ISBN, page 412:

     "What did I hear you say her name was?"

     "Meredith. Mary and Edith. Names from both sides of the family."

     "Meredith," he repeated softly. "I like it."

• Meredithian

• Meridith
• Merida

• Merideth, mithered, theremid