Meadows (surname)
Meadows is a medieval English surname. Commonly recorded alternative spellings are Medows, Meddowes and Medewes.
The name is topographical in origin, indicating someone who lived near a meadow or grassland, and derives from the pre-7th century word for meadow "maed", or Middle English "mede".
Notable people with the surname include:
- Abram Henson Meadows, American showman
- Audrey Meadows, American actress
- Austin Meadows, American baseball player
- Bernard Meadows, British sculptor
- Bobby Meadows, English footballer
- Brian Meadows, American baseball player
- Carter Meadows, American football player
- Catherine Meadows, American cryptographer
- Charles Medows, British nobleman & naval officer
- Clarence W. Meadows, American Attorney General
- Daniel Meadows, British photographer
- Dennis Meadows, American scientist
- Dennis Meadows (politician), Jamaican politician
- Donella Meadows, American environmental scientist
- Earle Meadows, American pole-vaulter
- Frederick Meadows, Canadian athlete
- Gavin Meadows, British swimmer
- Ian Meadows, Australian actor and writer
- Isabel Meadows, American native linguist
- Jason Meadows, American musician
- Jayne Meadows, American actress
- James Meadows, several individuals
- James Joseph Meadows, English missionary
- John Meadows, several individuals
- Johnny Meadows (Australian footballer), Australian footballer
- Joyce Meadows, Canadian actress
- Kenny Meadows, British illustrator & caricaturist
- Kristen Meadows, American TV actress
- Louie Meadows, American baseball player
- Mark Meadows, several individuals
- Marion Meadows, American jazz musician
- Matthew Meadows, American politician
- Michael Meadows, British-South African physical geographer
- Michael Meadows, English racing driver
- Miles Meadows, Canadian actor and singer
- Peter S. Meadows, British political scientist
- Punky Meadows, American guitarist
- Richard J. Meadows, American soldier
- Rob Meadows, American internet entrepreneur
- Roy Meadow, British paediatrician
- Shane Meadows, British film director
- Sidney Meadows, British politician
- Stanley Meadows, British actor
- Stephen Meadows, American actor and architect
- Susannah Meadows, American journalist
- Tim Meadows, American actor and comedian
- Travis Meadows, American country musician
- William Meadows, Anglo-American agriculturist and politician