Meriadoc
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Meriadoc is a name of Brythonic origin, corresponding to Meiriadog in medieval and modern Welsh, Meryasek (or similar spellings) in Cornish, and Meriadek in modern Breton. It was Latinized as either Meridiadocus or Meriadocus.
Among the persons, real or otherwise, carrying the name "Meriadoc" or its variants, are:
- Meriadoc Brandybuck, a character in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
- Conan Meriadoc, a semi-mythical king of Brittany in Gaul
- Meriasek, Breton saint, patron of Camborne
- Bewnans Meriasek, a Middle Cornish miracle play that relates the of Saint Meriasek