Meirion
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Welsh: traditional name, derived in the sub-Roman period from Latin Maridnus (a derivative of Marius; see Maria)
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/mɛɪɹiən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Meirion is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.
- GBUnited Kingdom
- NLNetherlands
- AUAustralia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Welsh: traditional name, derived in the sub-Roman period from Latin Maridnus (a derivative of Marius; see Maria).
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Meirchion Meirionyddb. 435not in their usual nameWelsh sovereign
- Meirion Thomasb. 1894Thomas, Meirion (1894–1977), plant physiologist
- Meirion Jonesb. 1907GBWelsh educationist
- J. Meirion Lloydb. 1913GBPresbyterian missionary in India
- John Meirion Morrisb. 1936GBWelsh sculptor
- Meirion Pennarb. 1944GBBritish writer and academic
- Meirion James Trowb. 1949GBCrime writer and historian
- Meirion Jordanb. 1985GBauthor
- Meirion JonesGBBritish journalist
- Meirion EvansGBArchdruid of Wales
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 1969 | 1 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | A Concise Dictionary of First Names (Hanks & Hodges, 2001) | — | — | — |
| GB United Kingdom | The Penguin Book of Baby Names (David Pickering) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Meirion mean, and where does it come from?
- Welsh: traditional name, derived in the sub-Roman period from Latin Maridnus (a derivative of Marius; see Maria). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- How do you pronounce Meirion?
- A machine transcription gives /mɛɪɹiən/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Meirion a male or female name?
- Meirion is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Meirion?
- In the etymology graph, Marian, Mariano and Marijan are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Meirion have the most bearers?
- Meirion is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.
What do you want to know about Meirion?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/meirionThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Meirion”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.