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Meade
How to Pronounce Meade
Pronounced MEED /ΛmiΛd/Medium
Meaning: Meade began as an English surname for someone who lived by a meadow or mead, from Old English maed, and was later adopted as a given name; it also recalls General George Meade of the American Civil War.Medium
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Meade also carries a strong American echo in George Meade, the Union general who commanded at Gettysburg, which helped keep the surname in circulation as a first name.
As a given name Meade stayed rare, reaching a quiet high around 1918 and given to only a couple dozen boys a year at most. It lingered thinly for decades before nearly vanishing. A boy named Meade at that early peak would be well over a hundred today, so it now reads as a vintage surname-name.
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George Meade (1815-1872)Union Army general who commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Meade mean?
It is an English surname meaning meadow or dweller by a meadow, used as a given name.
How do you pronounce Meade?
It is said MEED /ΛmiΛd/, one syllable rhyming with need.
Is Meade a boy or girl name?
Meade is most often a boy's name.
How popular is Meade?
As a first name it has always been rare, given to only a couple dozen boys a year around the late nineteen-tens.