Let’s just clarify this a little.
Meredith is the #434 most common female first name
0.033% of females in the US are named Meredith.
Around 40425 US females are named Meredith!
Meridith is the #2776 most common female first name
0.002% of females in the US are named Meridith.
Around 2450 US females are named Meridith!
Merideth is the #3699 most common female first name
0.001% of females in the US are named Merideth.
Around 1225 US females are named Merideth!
That’s right, it’s the four hundred and thirty-fourth most common name. There are more than 40,000 American women with my name. Variants are exceedingly uncommon. So why does everybody get it wrong?! (Thanks to for the numbers.)