Meriwether
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Meaning
“Middle English for pleasant, cheerful weather or temperament; famously borne by Meriwether Lewis, co-leader of the expedition that mapped the American West.”
How popular is Meriwether around the world?
In the United States, Meriwether is not on the Social Security record for 2020 to 2025: names under 5 in a year are withheld at source.
United States
under 5 a year
In the United States, Meriwether is not on the Social Security record for 2020 to 2025: names under 5 in a year are withheld at source.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, England and Wales, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
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