Save Gender Feminine Usage Welsh, History (Ecclesiastical) Pronounced Pron. [mɛ.ˈleˑ.rɪ](Welsh) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Combination of the intensifying prefix my- and Eleri. Saint Meleri was a daughter of Brychan Brycheiniog who married Ceredig ap Cunedda and became the grandmother of Saint David.