Mears
A surname from Old English.
Proper noun
- A surname from Old English.
- A census-designated place in Oceana County, Michigan, United States.
Origin
* As an English surname, variant of Mear, topographic surname for someone who lived by a pond, from Old English mere (“lake, pool”), or near a boundary, from ġemǣre (“boundary, border”). * As an Irish surname, from Ó Meidhir, from meidhir (“mirth”). Compare Myers.