Maher
Appearance
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Meachair (“descendant of Meachar”), a personal name meaning "fine", "majestic".
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Maher (plural Mahers)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Maher is the 1549th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 23222 individuals. Maher is most common among White (93.91%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Maher”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 491.