Shear

See also: shear

English

Etymology

From Middle English schyre (“pure, bright, fair”). Also a German surname, variant of Schier, itself a variant of Scheuer or from a cognate of the Middle English word.

Proper noun

Shear (plural Shears)

A surname.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Shear is the 9669^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3356 individuals. Shear is most common among White (93.03%) individuals.

Anagrams

Asher, Rahes, Share, asher, earsh, hares, harse, hears, heras, rheas, sehar, sehra, share

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