Welsh: from the personal name Maredudd. In Welsh the stress
is on the second syllable. The Old Welsh form is Morgetiud, of
which the first element may mean ‘pomp, splendor’ and the second is
iudd ‘lord’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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