Meriadoc
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Meriadoc is a name of Brythonic origin, corresponding to Meriadog in modern Welsh, Meryasek (or similar spellings) in Cornish, and Meriadek in modern Breton. It was Latinized as either Meridiadocus or Meriadocus.
Among the persons, real or otherwise, carrying the name "Meriadoc" or its variants, are:
- Meriadoc Brandybuck, a character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings
- Conan Meriadoc, a semi-mythical king of Brittany in Gaul
- St Meriasek, the patron saint of Camborne, or Bewnans Meriasek, the Middle Cornish miracle play that relates the story of his life