Meike (also pronounced Meika) was one of the kakaku (family status) of kuge (court noble) established after the Kamakura period and it was of equal rank to the House of Urin and positioned in a higher rank than hanke (a kind of family status of the Court nobles) (kuge).
名家（めいけ、めいか）とは、鎌倉時代以降に成立した公家の家格のひとつで、羽林家と同列で、半家(公家)の上の序列に位置する。