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Mearns

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  1. 1
    A surname from Scottish Gaelic. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A hamlet in Sturgeon County, Alberta, Canada. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Scottish habitational surname for someone coming from The Mearns, an alternative name for Kincardineshire, which is named as An Mhaoirne in Scottish Gaelic, from maor (“bailiff, steward, beadle”).

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