Mears

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of mear form-of, plural
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Old English. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A census-designated place in Oceana County, Michigan, United States. countable, uncountable

Etymology

* As an English surname, variant of Mear, topographic surname for someone who lived by a pond, from Old English mere (“lake, pool”), or near a boundary, from ġemǣre (“boundary, border”). * As an Irish surname, from Ó Meidhir, from meidhir (“mirth”). Compare Myers.

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