The Meddows Family Name

Meddows? Think of it as Meadows with a different pen. The name is usually explained as “Dweller by the meadows”.

Family crest and blazon

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Meddows, so the heraldry linked to Meadows is a starting point, not an automatic right.

A variant of Meadows

Meddows writes “d” in place of the “a” found in Meadows, a typical scribal difference. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. Other spellings include Medows and Meadow.

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