Etymograph

English

Meade

Meade comes from Irish Míoch ‘Meathman, a native of Meath’, and goes back to Old Irish Mide.

  1. Old Irishc. 600–900Mide
  2. Irishc. 1200–presentMí
  3. Irish, derivedc. 1200–presentMíoch‘Meathman, a native of Meath’
  4. Irish, derivedc. 1200–presentMidheachsuperseded spelling of Míoch
  5. EnglishtodayMeade

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Irishc. 600–900Mide
  2. Irishc. 1200–presentMí
  3. Irish, derivedc. 1200–presentMíoch‘Meathman, a native of Meath’
  4. Irish, derivedc. 1200–presentMidheachsuperseded spelling of Míoch
  5. EnglishtodayMeade

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old Irish Mide / Meade