Given name & surname
Mears
“lake, pool”
Mears is a surname with more than one origin.
Meaning & origin
What it means
As an English surname, Mears goes back to Old English mere, meaning “lake, pool.”
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Where it comes from
Mears has more than one origin: as an English surname, it comes from Old English mere; as an Irish surname, it goes back to a word meaning “mirth”.
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Mears’s family of names
In English usage, Mears as a surname has a related form in Meir. In English usage, Mears as a surname has a related form in MEAR.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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