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The first name 
Meredith

Meredith is a female first name. In very rare cases it is also used for boys.

Meredith is a common name for girls!

The name Meredith isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all girls names, Meredith ranks 538. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn girls, approximately 3 were named Meredith. In the entire USA, approximately 72,251 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Meredith. That is 0.02 % of all living Americans.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Meredith

What does the name 
Meredith mean?

Meredith was a Welsh and Brittonic surname, that developed into a given name for boys and girls. Since the 1950, it is primarily a girl’s name.

The name Meredith... comes from Old Welsh Margetud, which means 'great ruler'.

Meredith has 8 letters 
and begins with an M

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter M is a quite popular first letter for girls' names. That’s because 8.5% of all common girls’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letters A and S are more common for girls' names.

With eight letters, the name Meredith is long compared to other names. In fact, 14.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly eight letters. 78% of all first names are shorter, while only 8% of all boys’ and girls’ names use nine letters or even more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long with no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

Therefore: As 8.5% of all girls' names start with an M, this initial letter occurs nearly 2.5-times as often as all 26 letters on average – and the most common one of all the girls’ names starting with M is Mary.

Other names with 
M, e, r, e, d, i, t and h

If you take all the letters in the name Meredith – M, e, r, e, d, i, t and h – and put them together again, you can form another name, such as Merideth.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Meredith

If your name is Meredith and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Meredith

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Meredith, you can simply say:

Mouse

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Rocket

Elephant

Dinosaur

Igloo

Tiger

Hat

This is how the name Meredith is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Meredith in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Meredith

Meredith

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Meredith

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Meredith is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

M
E
R
E
D
I
T
H

Have you ever waved the name Meredith

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

M
E
R
E
D
I
T
H

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Meredith sounds like this: