Given name & surname
O'mara
“descendant of Meadhair”
O'Mara is a surname from Irish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
O'Mara goes back to Irish Ó Meadhra, meaning “descendant of Meadhair.”
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How it developed
From Irish Ó Meadhra (“descendant of Meadhair”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
O'mara’s family of names
In English usage, O'mara as a surname has a related form in O'Mary. In English usage, O'mara as a surname has a related form in O'MEARA.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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