French: regional name for someone from the province of Maine in
northwestern France, or a topographic name from Old French
demeure ‘dwelling’, ‘residence’, a derivative of the verb
manoir (from Latin manere ‘stay’, ‘remain’), or a
habitational name from any of numerous minor places named with this
word.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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