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Meiriona Meiriona — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ may-ree-OH-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Feminine of Meirion (Welsh foundational)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Welsh)

A name that means "feminine of meirion (welsh foundational)".

Meiriona is from the Welsh Meiriona — foundational feminine of foundational Meirion — foundational from foundational Meirionnydd (Welsh county-region). A modern American baby name in the broader Welsh-Celtic heritage aesthetic. Meiriona is one of the foundational Welsh feminine names — central to traditional Welsh heritage. The foundational name connects to foundational Meirion / Marianus — foundational legendary foundational 5th-c. Welsh chieftain + foundational grandson of foundational Cunedda Wledig (foundational legendary 4th-5th c. founder of foundational Kingdom of Gwynedd) + foundational eponymous founder of foundational Meirionnydd / Merionethshire foundational historic Welsh county + foundational central to foundational pan-Welsh + Gwynedd heritage; foundational also foundational central to foundational Snowdonia National Park foundational ~2,170 km² of foundational mountains + foundational Mount Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) — foundational highest peak in Wales 1,085 m / 3,560 ft + foundational central to foundational pan-Welsh natural heritage + foundational UNESCO Global Geopark; foundational also foundational central to foundational Cantref of Merionethshire foundational central medieval Welsh administrative unit + foundational central to foundational Dolgellau foundational historic capital + foundational Castell-y-Bere foundational 13th c. Welsh castle of foundational Llywelyn the Great + foundational central to foundational Welsh independence-era heritage; foundational also foundational central to foundational Meirionnydd Coastal Path + foundational Mawddach Estuary foundational central Welsh landscape heritage; foundational also foundational Meirion foundational compound Welsh-Celtic naming heritage spanning Meiriona + Meirion + Merion + Marianus. Foundational Welsh feminine name reflecting Welsh medieval + landscape heritage.

Featured throughout Welsh heritage.

Feminine of Meirion (Welsh). Foundational Welsh-Celtic feminine + foundational Welsh Meiriona foundational feminine of Meirion + foundational from Meirionnydd Welsh county-region + foundational Meirion / Marianus foundational legendary 5th-c. Welsh chieftain + foundational grandson of Cunedda Wledig foundational legendary 4th-5th c. founder of Kingdom of Gwynedd + foundational eponymous founder of Meirionnydd / Merionethshire foundational historic Welsh county + foundational pan-Welsh + Gwynedd heritage + foundational Snowdonia National Park foundational ~2,170 km² of mountains + foundational Mount Snowdon Yr Wyddfa foundational highest peak in Wales 1,085 m / 3,560 ft + foundational pan-Welsh natural heritage + foundational UNESCO Global Geopark + foundational Cantref of Merionethshire foundational central medieval Welsh administrative unit + foundational Dolgellau foundational historic capital + foundational Castell-y-Bere foundational 13th c. Welsh castle of Llywelyn the Great + foundational Welsh independence-era heritage + foundational Meirionnydd Coastal Path + foundational Mawddach Estuary foundational central Welsh landscape heritage + foundational Meirion foundational compound Welsh-Celtic naming heritage + foundational Meiriona + Meirion + Merion + Marianus.

The name in its native script.

Meiriona
Transliteration
Meiriona
Pronunciation
/ meɪriˈoʊ.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Meiriona stands.

Meiriona does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Meirionas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Meirion / Meirionnydd
5th-c. Welsh chieftain + grandson of Cunedda Wledig + eponymous founder of Meirionnydd / Merionethshire + Snowdonia National Park + Yr Wyddfa highest peak in Wales + Castell-y-Bere of Llywelyn the Great.
Welsh medieval

Names connected to Meiriona.

The number behind Meiriona.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Meiriona reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.