Given name & surname
Lear
“of the royalty”
Lear is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “of the royalty.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “of the royalty.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1886. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lear through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 527
- 36 boys · 491 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 278 as a first name in 2020; 7,312 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lear’s family of names
Lear has a related form in Leare. Lear has a related form in Leer. Lear has a related form in Leere.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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