The weir Surname
weir Name Meaning and History
- Scottish and English: topographic name for someone who lived by a dam or weir on a river. Compare Ware.
- Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Mhaoir ‘son of the steward’ (see McNair).
- Irish: Anglicized form, based on an erroneous translation (as if from Gaelic cora ‘weir’, ‘stepping stones’), of various Gaelic names such as Ó Corra and Ó Comhraidhe (see Corr and Curry).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 681 - Messages: 1683
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| WEIR Gene David 1979-2003 |
 t42MountOlivet
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| Weir People, Name and History | Gillian Weir | 21 |
| WEIR Charlotte 1866-1940 |
t42RoseHill
| 0 |
| WEIR, Annie (1855) |
mttreehugger
| 1 |
| Looking for info on Col. John Weir- late 1800'sto early 1900's | Cynthia Weir | 15 |
| WEIR Family>Stirlingshire, Scot.>Ont. Can.>1800's | Stephanie | 2 |
| HAROLD WILLIAM WEIR b. Dublin, Ireland 1919 |
Clive_Molyneux
| 1 |
| James or John Weir |
jimashkar
| 11 |
| Ancient Wier Families |
| 41 |
| Weir Family Site | Gill Weir | 63 |
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