The story
- Irish · derived fromÓ Meadhra“descendant of Meadhair”
- English todayO'Meara
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Meadhra (“descendant of Meadhair”), a byname from meadhair, variant of meidhir (“mirth, merriment”).
Words from the same roots
IrishÓ Meadhra all →
O'Mara
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.