Meriwether

Meaning

“Middle English for pleasant, cheerful weather or temperament; famously borne by Meriwether Lewis, co-leader of the expedition that mapped the American West.”

Popularity, 1890–2024

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Meriwether has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

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