Maher

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Maher

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Alternative forms

• Mahar, Mayher, Meagher

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Meachair (“descendant of Meachar”), a personal name meaning "fine", "majestic".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː(ɹ)/, /ˈmɑː.ə(ɹ)/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈmæ(h)əɹ/
• Homophones: mar, Marr

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Maher (plural Mahers)

1. A surname from Irish.
   • 2025 September 30, Larry Sanger, “6. Reveal who Wikipedia’s leaders are.”, in larrysanger.org‎:

     After resigning from the WMF as CEO, Katherine Maher became CEO of NPR; it was a sideways move or even a step down.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Maher is the 1549^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 23222 individuals. Maher is most common among White (93.91%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Maher”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 491.

Anagrams

• Hamer, Hamre, Mehra, Rhame, harem, herma, rhema