Meridith
Meridith is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Female
- Confidence
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States
- US records 1880–2017
- 32 male / 2,640 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Meridith
If you do not know Meridith’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Meridith,” in English, “Guten Tag Meridith,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Meridith,
German
Guten Tag Meridith,
French
Bonjour Meridith,
Spanish
Estimado/a Meridith:
Chinese
Meridith您好:
Japanese
Meridith様
English
Hi Meridith,
German
Hi Meridith,
French
Salut Meridith,
Spanish
Hola Meridith,
Chinese
Meridith你好:
Japanese
Meridithさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | uncommon | woman's name |
United States birth data
32 male · 2,640 female · 2,672 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Meridith a male or female name?
Meridith is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Meridith in an email?
If you do not know Meridith’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Meridith,” in English, “Guten Tag Meridith,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Meridith a unisex name?
Meridith is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Meridith a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/meridith. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_meridith,
title = {Is Meridith a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/meridith},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}