Mearns
suburban area · East Renfrewshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Mearns is likely derived from Old English, possibly meaning 'the marshy land' or 'the land belonging to a person named Mearna'.
Word origins
- Mearns
- Old EnglishAttestedmarshy land, land of Mearna(from mearc "boundary, borderland", mearnes "marshland", Mearna "personal name")