Mearns

M3E1A1R1N1S1

proper noun

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

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Meanings

proper nounMearns (countable and uncountable, plural Mearnses)

plural Mearnses

  1. countableuncountableA surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  2. countableuncountableA hamlet in Sturgeon County, Alberta, Canada.

Origin

Scottish habitational surname for someone coming from The Mearns, an alternative name for Kincardineshire, which is named as An Mhaoirne in Scottish Gaelic, from maor (“bailiff, steward, beadle”). According to Taylor (2006), perhaps ultimately from Pictish (cf. Welsh maeroni (“the office or district of a steward”).

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ManserRamsenRamnesMenars
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APA

Mearns. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mearns

MLA

“Mearns.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mearns. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mearns,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mearns.

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