Merriweather

English

Alternative forms

• Merewether, Merriwether, Merryweather

Etymology

From merry +‎ weather, nickname for someone with a sunny disposition.

Proper noun

Merriweather (plural Merriweathers)

1. A surname transferred from the nickname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Merriweather is the 6989^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4793 individuals. Merriweather is most common among Black/African American (88.52%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Merriweather”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 579.