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Kearns

Kearns proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Kearns (plural Kearnses)

  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A suburb of Sydney in the Campbelltown council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A city and former CDP in Salt Lake County, Utah, named after Thomas Kearns.

Forms of Kearns

pluralKearnses
alternative formCarnes
alternative formKarns

Origin of Kearns

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Céirín, a personal name derived from a diminutive of ciar (“dark”).

Questions about Kearns

What does Kearns mean?
Kearns means a surname from Irish.
What part of speech is Kearns?
Kearns is a proper noun.

Words near Kearns in the dictionary

  1. Keara
  2. Kearley
  3. Kearleys
  4. Kearney
  5. Kearney County
  6. Kearns
  7. Kearns-Sayre syndrome
  8. Kearnses
  9. Kearny
  10. Kearny County
  11. Kears

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