French: status name or occupational name for a maire, a
title denoting a municipal magistrate or other local official (the
role of the maire differed at different times at different places).
It may also be a nickname for an officious or pompous person.French (Mairé): habitational name from Mairé in
Vienne or from Mairé-l’Evescault in Deux-Sèvres.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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