Given name & surname · also Irish
Means
“inferior in rank”
Means is a surname from Irish, ultimately from Old French.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Means goes back to Middle English mene, meaning “inferior in rank.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Means comes from Irish, and ultimately from Old French.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle English mene (“inferior in rank”), from Old English ġemǣne (“common, general”), from Old French mëen.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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