The story
- Old English · derived frommere“lake, pool”
- English todayMears
* As an English surname, variant of Mear, topographic surname for someone who lived by a pond, from Old English mere (“lake, pool”), or near a boundary, from ġemǣre (“boundary, border”). * As an Irish surname, from Ó Meidhir, from meidhir (“mirth”). Compare Myers.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishmere all →
mereMarlowWindermereMeirMayberryMarburyMarland
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.