Meade
Meade (name) means an English surname, an occupational or topographic name related to meadows, also borne by U.S. Civil War general George Meade. Example: “General Meade commanded Union forces at Gettysburg.”
Word forms
- Plural
- Meades
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Etymology
Two main origins: * A variant of Mead, a topographic or occupational surname. * Anglicized form of Irish Midheach, superseded spelling of Míoch (“Meathman, a native of Meath”).