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O'Meara

O'Meara proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

O'Meara (plural O'Mearas)

  1. A surname from Irish.

Forms of O'Meara

pluralO'Mearas

Origin of O'Meara

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Meadhra (“descendant of Meadhair”), a byname from meadhair, variant of meidhir (“mirth, merriment”).

Questions about O'Meara

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

Words near O'Meara in the dictionary

  1. O'Malley's Alley
  2. O'Mara
  3. O'Maras
  4. O'Mary
  5. O'Marys
  6. O'Meara
  7. O'Mearas
  8. o'n'ry
  9. O'Neal
  10. O'Neil
  11. O'Neill

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