Meredyth
Feminine · “A spelling of Meredith”
Meredyth is Meredith written with a y that looks Welsh, though Welsh itself writes the name Maredudd. The best-known Meredith in American music spent years rewriting a single musical about a traveling salesman.
How old is the name Meredyth?
Meredyth first appears in US birth records in 1915 — 110 years ago. The typical Meredyth alive today was born around 1980, making them about 45 years old. About 500 people named Meredyth are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Meredyth most popular?
Meredyth peaked in 1940, reaching #2963 nationally. See the whole 1940 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Maredudd to Meredyth
The story of Meredyth
Meredith Willson, a flautist from Mason City, Iowa, who had played in Sousa's band, spent years writing and rewriting a musical about a con man selling band instruments in a small Iowa town, reportedly through dozens of drafts; The Music Man opened on Broadway in 1957 and beat West Side Story for the Tony. Welsh writes the older name Maredudd, and the y of Meredyth is an English idea of what looks Welsh. Meredyth was used by American families in the twentieth century.
Meaning
A spelling of Meredith, from the Welsh Maredudd
Meredith comes from the Welsh Maredudd, whose own meaning is disputed. Meredyth writes it with a y.
How the name formed
- Maredudd
- Meredith
- Meredyth
Related forms: Maredudd · Meredith
Pronouncing Meredyth
MAIR-uh-dith
Three syllables with the stress on the first.
Nicknames for Meredyth
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1915
- Most girls named
- 197418 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2963reached in 1940
- Change vs 2017
- −44.4%5 in 2024, from 9
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Meredyth in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Maredudd in Welsh — related form
- Meredith in English — spelling variant
Meredyths among us
people named Meredyth are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Meredyth sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Sounds exactly like Meredith, a name everyone knows.
- The y gives it a distinctive look.
- Comes with Merry as a ready short form.
- Almost everyone will write Meredith.
- The y may be read as a slip.
- Meredith is used for both sexes, so some will not know which to expect.
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Frequently asked
- How many Meredyths are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Meredyth are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Meredyth in 2025?
- Meredyth is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Meredyth with classmates?
- Meredyth will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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