The pear Surname
pear Name Meaning and History
- English: from Middle English pe(e)re ‘pear’ (Old English pere, peru, from Latin pirum), a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of pears, or a topographic name for someone who lived by a pear tree or pear orchard.
- English: nickname from Middle English pere ‘peer’, ‘companion’ (Old French pe(e)r, from Latin par ‘equal’).
- Jewish: Americanization of some like-sounding Ashkenazic surname; e.g. possibly a shortened form of a surname such as Pearl, Pearlman, or Pearlstein.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Sidney Pear (abt 1916 - 1943) Serial Number O-797379 |
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| Abraham PEAR/PEER-VA-IA |
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| SEEKING DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH PEAR |
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| Martin Pear | Elaine | 0 |
| Pere'/Lourdes/St. JuillienHaving a most difficult | Babette Pere' | 0 |
| Pair - Pare - Pear | Elayne Pair Gibbons | 0 |
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