Given name & surname
Meade
“from the meadow”
Meade is a variant of Mead. One English interpretation is “from the meadow.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Meade is a variant of Mead. One English interpretation is “from the meadow.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Meade is a variant of Mead. An origin associated with Mead is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Meade through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 521
- 515 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 20 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 394 as a first name in 2020; 21,247 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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