# Meade

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈmiːd/ · frequency rank #23,037

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A place in the United States:
3. A place in the United States:
4. A place in the United States:
5. A place in the United States:
6. A place in the United States:
7. A male or female given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage.

## 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* Anglicized form of Irish Midheach, superseded spelling of Míoch (“Meathman, a native of Meath”).

## Easily confused with
- **med** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meade-vs-med)
- **mee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meade-vs-mee)
- **mean** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meade-vs-mean)
- **meat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meade-vs-meat)
- **mode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meade-vs-mode)
- **meal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meade-vs-meal)
- **mere** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meade-vs-mere)
- **meme** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meade-vs-meme)
- **mend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meade-vs-mend)
- **meld** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meade-vs-meld)
- **means** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meade-vs-means)
- **meant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meade-vs-meant)
- **metre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meade-vs-metre)
- **merge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meade-vs-merge)
- **meats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meade-vs-meats)
- **melee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meade-vs-melee)
- **merle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meade-vs-merle)
- **monde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meade-vs-monde)
- **meaty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meade-vs-meaty)
- **Mehdi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meade-vs-mehdi)

## Common misspellings (6)
`emade`, `maede`, `meadde`, `meaed`, `medae`, `mmeade`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/meade