The baby name Maredudd is a Boy name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced mah-RED-ith.
Maredudd is Welsh in Origin.
The baby name Maredudd is a boy name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced mah-RED-ith.
Maredudd is Welsh in Origin.
Maredudd is Welsh, with Old Welsh forms Morgetiud and Margetiud recorded before the Middle Welsh spelling Maredudd. The second element is iudd, lord or ruler. The first is usually connected with mawr, great, though some older interpretations associate it with mor, sea; the safer literal sense is great lord, with sea lord a secondary possibility.
In medieval Wales the name belonged to several rulers and princes, including Maredudd ab Owain of Deheubarth and Maredudd ap Bleddyn of Powys, helping keep it in aristocratic genealogies. Meredith developed from related Welsh forms and later became familiar as an English surname and, outside Wales, sometimes a feminine given name. Welsh usage has kept Maredudd masculine, but it is now uncommon even in Wales.
We can't find Maredudd in any of the birth registries or name datasets we track. It's the kind of name that tends to be rare, regional, or newly made up. However you look at it, very few people share it.
| Maredudd ab Owain Maredudd ab Owain was a Welsh monarch best known for ruling the kingdoms of Gwynedd, Deheubarth, and Powys. He died around 999. | Maredudd ab Owain ab Edwin Maredudd ab Owain ab Edwin was best known as a prince and ruler of Deheubarth in southwest Wales from 1063 until his death in 1072. He was the son of Owain ab Edwin and, through his father’s line, a descendant and heir of Hywel Dda. |
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