Weare: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

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Family name meaning

Weare belongs to the Ware family of names, which has English roots. Name scholars give the meaning as “weir, dam”.

The extra “e” in Weare is a spelling habit rather than a different name. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Weare ranked 47,521 in the 2010 US Census, with 446 people answering to the name.

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