The mearns Surname
mearns Name Meaning and History
Scottish: habitational name from a place so named in Renfrewshire
or from a region called The Mearns, more or less co-extensive with
Kincardineshire, named in Gaelic as an Mhaoirne, a derivative
of maor ‘beadle’ (see Mair).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Mearns Family History | Mary Petite | 18 |
| John Mearns | Jack Cole | 3 |
| Seeking info on Mearns or Menzies Surnames of West Derby and Scotland 1850s-1920s |
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| MEARNS, IRVING and CLOW at Prince Edward Island, Canada |
| 10 |
| Mearns from Banff or Aberdeen 1825 |
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| Mearns | Pat | 3 |
| MEARNS/MAIRNS | Don HORSEY | 0 |
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| Mearns Family from Inverness, Capital of the Highlands | Michael Mearns | 3 |
| Mary Mearns & Hugh Glass, N Ireland | Angela McMeekin | 0 |
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