About the Meridith Surname

Meridith is a branch of the Meredith name tree. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “From Maredudd, great lord”.

• Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.
• Meridith writes “i” in place of the “e” found in Meredith, a typical scribal difference.
• Meridith ranked 42,640 in the 2010 US Census, with 508 people answering to the name. That is enough to place it in the top 50,000 American surnames.

Heraldry and the Meridith name

Arms linked to Meredith and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. For the full story, order the Meridith surname pack.