Given name & surname
O'meara
“a grieving woman; one who is sorrowful”
In English use, O'meara has a related form in Mara. One Hebrew interpretation is “a grieving woman; one who is sorrowful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, O'meara has a related form in Mara. One Hebrew interpretation is “a grieving woman; one who is sorrowful.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, O'meara has a related form in Mara. A possible origin is Hebrew, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Irish Ó Meadhra (“descendant of Meadhair”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
O'meara’s family of names
In English usage, O'meara as a surname has a short form in Meara. In English usage, O'meara has a related form in Mara. In English usage, O'meara as a surname has a related form in O'MARA.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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