Meanor Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

One surname, two spellings: Meanor and Minor.

What does the surname Meanor mean?

Its meaning, shared with Minor, is “Miner, or younger”. According to the 2010 US Census, the Meanor surname had 433 bearers. That is enough to place it in the top 50,000 American surnames.

Is Meanor the same name as Minor?

Before spelling was fixed, Minor was also written Meanor. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. The same family of names includes Maynor, Mainer and Miner.

Does every Meanor family have a crest?

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