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Mears (name) means an English surname, a variant of Meares or Mayer. Example: “Mears has owned the garage since the 1980s.”

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An English surname, a variant of Meares or Mayer.
"Mears has owned the garage since the 1980s."
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Etymology

* 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.

Origin: Old English

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What does “Mears” mean?
The word “Mears” means an English surname, a variant of Meares or Mayer.
How do you use “Mears” in a sentence?
Here is “Mears” used in a sentence: “Mears has owned the garage since the 1980s.”
What part of speech is “Mears”?
“Mears” is a name.
What is the meaning of Mears?
"Mears" (name) means an English surname, a variant of Meares or Mayer.
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