Maredudd

  • [ mah-RE-deeth ]
  • Welsh
Welsh form of MEREDITH.

MEREDITH   male & female   Welsh, English
From the Welsh name Maredudd or Meredydd, possibly meaning "great lord" or "sea lord". Since the mid-1920s it has been used more often for girls than for boys in English-speaking countries, though it is still a masculine name in Wales. A famous bearer of this name as surname was the English novelist and poet George Meredith (1828-1909).
EQUIVALENTS
WELSH: Meredith, Meredydd
FEMININE FORMS
ENGLISH: Meredith, Merideth, Meridith