Weir

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Weir 1
Revisions not set
Type Surname (from nickname)
Usage Scottish, English

Meaning & History

Topographic name for someone who lived by a dam or weir on a river.
Added 9/29/2013 by anonymous
Edited 8/23/2014 by Fanny

Weir 2
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Type Surname
Usage Irish

Meaning & History

Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Mhaoir "son of the steward or keeper".
Added 8/23/2014 by Fanny

Weir 3
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Type Surname
Usage Irish

Meaning & History

Anglicized form, based on an erroneous translation (as if from Gaelic cora "weir", "stepping stones"), of various Gaelic names such as Ó Corra (see Corr) and Ó Comhraidhe (see Curry).
Added 8/23/2014 by Fanny