Meredith
m.
Middle Welsh mawr 'great, noble' + Old Breton, Middle Welsh iud 'prince, lord'.
The name of various 10th-12th C Welsh princes.
For the Latinized forms ending in -duc-, see MorganMorgan s.n. Maredudd.
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1281 Mereduco (abl) CHAMont-1 p. 45
- Early Modern English
- ● 1557 Meredith RegSASel p. 2,
Meredydd ibid. p. 2;
1558 Meredydd ibid. p. 2;
1559 Meredydd ibid. p. 4;
1559/60 Meredydd ibid. p. 5;
1560 Meredydd ibid. p. 5;
1560/1 Meredydd ibid. p. 7;
1561 Meredydd ibid. p. 7;
1592 Meredith bruton-vol1 p. 51
- Wales
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- Latin
- ● 1198 Maredut (gen) Pryce-1st no. 8,
Meredyth (abl) ibid. no. 5;
1216xc1226 Maredud (nom) ibid. no. 16,
Mareduth (nom) ibid. no. 16;
1223 Mereduc (nom) ibid. no. 19,
Mereduc' (nom) ibid. no. 20;
1247 Maredut (nom) ArchCambIII p. 228;
1360 Meredydd (nom) ibid. p. 165;
1452 Meredith (nom) ibid. p. 71;
1453 Meredith (nom) ibid. p. 70;
1454 Meredith (nom) ibid. p. 72;
1455 Meredith (nom) ibid. p. 258;
1456 Meredith (nom) ibid. p. 258;
1497 Mereddith (nom) ibid. p. 107
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Meredith". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Meredith.