Meredith

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Meredith can refer to:

[edit] Places

• Meredith, Victoria, Australia
• Meredith, New Hampshire, United States
• Meredith, New York, United States
• Meredith Township, Wake County, North Carolina, United States
• Lake Meredith, a man-made lake formed by a dam on the Canadian River at Sanford, Texas

[edit] People

Meredith is an uncommon first name in the English language. It was originally a Welsh male name, (Meredydd; in its earliest recorded form, Morgetiud), in which final element, iud, means 'lord'; the meaning of the initial element(s) is unknown. It means "guardian or protector from the sea", and it can be used for either gender, but is has been more commonly a girl's name in English-speaking countries since around 1925. It also occurs as a last name.

• As first name
  • Meredith Baxter, an American actress
  • Meredith Belbin, a British author (non-fiction)
  • Meredith Brooks, an American musician
  • Meredith Frampton, a British painter
  • Meredith Monk, an American composer and performance artist
  • Meredith Vieira, an American television host
  • Meredith Willson, an American composer and playwright
  • Meredith Rodney McKay, a fictional character in Stargate: Atlantis
  • Meredith Grey, a fictional character in Grey's Anatomy

• As last name
  • Billy Meredith, a Welsh footballer
  • Burgess Meredith, an American actor
  • Carew Meredith, an Irish logician
  • Cla Meredith, Major League Baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres
  • Don Meredith, a quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys
  • Edwin Meredith, a United States Secretary of Agriculture under Woodrow Wilson
  • George Meredith, 19th century English author
  • James Meredith, first African American student at the University of Mississippi
  • James Creed Meredith, an Irish lawyer, judge and Kant scholar
  • Jonathan Meredith, a United States Marine during the First Barbary War
  • Robert Meredith, a professor at Georgia Institute of Technology and coach of their quizbowl team
  • Samuel Meredith, a delegate to the Continental Congress and Treasurer of the United States
  • Ted Meredith, a winner of two gold medals at the 1912 Summer Olympics
  • William M. Meredith, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States
  • William Morris Meredith, Jr., American poet
  • William Ralph Meredith, Canadian politician

[edit] Other

• Meredith College, a women's liberal arts college located in Raleigh, North Carolina
• Meredith Corporation, which publishes Better Homes and Gardens and owns several TV stations in the U.S.
• Meredith Music Festival near Meredith, Victoria, Australia
• USS Meredith, four United States Navy ships named for Jonathan Meredith
• Meredith Cup, the trophy awarded to the winner of the Academic Competition Federation quizbowl