topographic name for someone who lived by a meadow,
from Middle English mede ‘meadow’ (Old English
m?d).metonymic occupational name for a brewer or
seller of mead (Old English meodu), an alcoholic beverage made
by fermenting honey.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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