English Explanatory Dictionary

Mearns

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Mearns Mearnses

Etymology

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”).

Related words

Newton Mearns

Derived words

Mearns quail Mearns's flying fox Mearns's grasshopper mouse Mearns's pocket gopher Mearns's pouched mouse Mearns's squirrel
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