as a Last Name
- 25,333
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Mead
Meaning & Origins
English: 1. topographic name for someone who lived by a meadow, from Middle English mede ‘meadow’ (Old English mǣd). 2. metonymic occupational name for a brewer or seller of mead (Old English meodu), an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting honey.
| 1,431st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 25,333
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Virgin Island
- has the most people named Mead per capita
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