Message: "Meredith..." - Behind the Name

Meredith...

by Lissa (guest)

12/17/2004, 7:40 PM

I'm wondering what people think of this name. (I know the name is originally masculine, but I only like it for a girl, please take that into consideration). I like the combo Alicia Meredith because it honors two family traditions, an "Al" name and an "M" name. For a girl, do you think it's dated from any particular decade? Is it usable?

Thanks :)

#Meredith

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- Anya (guest)

12/18/2004, 8:04 PM

Meredith was one of my favorite names for a girl, but it was nixed by dh. I like it as a fn, sorry don't like the name Alicia....love Alyssa, though as a fn or mn.

- Amelia (guest)

12/18/2004, 12:45 PM

I love Meredith, and know two very sweet girls by that name. However, I do not like Alicia. What about Meredith Allegra?

- Bethy (guest)

12/18/2004, 11:39 AM

I like it alot and I think its really nice although I prefer it as a first name as opposed to a middle.

- Dana (wannabamom)

12/18/2004, 4:57 AM

I like Meredith a lot and only for a girl. I think that Alicia Meredith sounds lovely

- bagofmonkeys

12/18/2004, 4:12 AM

For some reason every Meredith I've ever met has been pure evil.
I just can't move past that association...
Sorry!
I guess it's not so bad though, and Alicia Meredith is fine :)

- chazda

12/17/2004, 11:21 PM

Well, putting aside my fantasy of using it for a son and pronouncing it "meh-RED-ith" (the original prn) ...

I do like it on a girl, prn MAIR-eh-dith, anyways.. Alicia Meredith's nice.

I'm betting Meredith is going to increase in popularity over the next decade, and more than I'd care to see it increase. (This is just a feeling I have, though, and I have no track record of good predictions, except for predicting Madison would be popular someday when I saw Splash in 1984 :-) and that took a long time.) Meredith's very usable... it has never been popular enough to really be dated, but I'd guess late 20s from the popularity chart.

- chazda

- Jacks (Schuyler)

12/17/2004, 11:09 PM

I love Meredith (its so sweet & sexy at the same time), but I'm not such a big fan of Alicia - what about Meredith Alexandra or Alicia as the mn?

- Daddysdancer

12/17/2004, 11:07 PM

I like Meredith. Alicia isn't my style, but it's not bad. If you like it, I'd say go for it, it sounds really nice together.

- Chrisell +2

12/17/2004, 8:18 PM

Love it . . .

I would seriously consider it for a daughter :-)

Alicia Meredith is lovely - which pronunciation of Alicia are you going to use?

:-)

- Lissa (guest) +1

12/18/2004, 6:16 AM

ah-LEE-sha or a-LEE-see-ah

- Arcadia

12/18/2004, 8:37 AM

go with a-LEE-see-ah...

Alicia Meredith is lovely.

~ Arcadia

- Lissa Hannah (Lissa) +1

12/17/2004, 8:08 PM

I really like Meredith, and I, too, only like it for a girl. I know a Meredith, and she is 28-years-old. I don't care for Alicia, sorry. I don't think any name is "dated." I like Meredith Alice, and that would honor your family traditions.

- Lissa (guest)

12/18/2004, 6:16 AM

I like Meredith Alice too, unfortunately I already have a cousin named Alice and DH and I have a bad association with it from outside the family so I wouldn't use it. Thanks for your input though! :)

- Miranda (Randee15)

12/17/2004, 7:45 PM

For a girl, it's nmsaa. I don't think it's particularly dated though; on the other hand, I think it may become popular shortly, like names like Evelyn have risen recently for girls.

Alicia Meredith flows well, with Alicia being pronounced either ah-LEE-shah, ah-LIS-ee-ah, or ah-LEE-see-ah.

Miranda

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