Meredith L. Quill

Meredith Lydia Quill is one of the main characters and the series' main protagonist, alongside her best friend Hanna Gamorasdotter.

Before Birth
Peter Quill met  a young woman, Lydia who attempted to steal from him. She was only fifteen when she and Peter married. He and her begin to fall in love. Years later, at eighteen and twenty four, Peter and Lydia dance to "Come and Get Your Love. Lydia gestures to her stomach, revealing she is pregnant. Many months later, Lydia's health begins to decline just as she goes into labor while on Yondu's ship. Peter later is summoned to his girlfriend's bedside as she gives birth to a baby girl. Delivered by Kraglin and Yondu, Lydia sees her daughter for a brief second. Peter comes to his girlfriend's side, who says that Peter's all their child has left before dying in his arms. The wailing baby being held by Yondu is handed to Peter, who lovingly looks into her eyes, and names her "Meredith Lydia Quill".

Ten year old Meredith Quill goes on her first adventure with her father aboard the ship. She lovingly has been raised by her father, and secretly been taking lessons by Yondu how to fire a gun and by Kraglin how to fly a spaceship.

Etymology

 * Her middle name comes from her mother Lydia and her first name comes from her grandmother, Meredith's