Mearns

English

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”).

Proper noun

Mearns (countable and uncountable, plural Mearnses)

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

Derived terms

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

 

Related terms

• Newton Mearns

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mearns is the 46568^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 457 individuals. Mearns is most common among White (96.72%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mearns”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 563.

Anagrams

• Ermans, Maners, Manser, enarms, namers, ramens, re-mans, remans