Meyer

English

Etymology

• As a German and Alemannic German surname, from the noun Meier (“leaseholder of a manor”). Compare Maier, Mayer, Meier, Myer.
• As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish מאיר (mir). Compare Majer, Major, Mayor, Meir.
• As a Dutch/West Flemish surname, variant of Meijer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈmaɪ.ə(ɹ)/

• Audio (General American):

  (file)

• Homophones: Mayer, mire

Proper noun

Meyer (countable and uncountable, plural Meyers)

1. (countable) A male given name from Hebrew, of Jewish usage, an alternative form of Meir.
2. (countable) A surname.
   • 2024 November 5, Lorenzo Tondo, quoting Luke Meyer, “Trump staffer fired from Republican party for being a white supremacist”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 10 March 2025:

     Politico reported it had identified Luke Meyer, 24, a Pennsylvania-based field staffer who worked for five months for the former president, as the online white nationalist who used the pseudonym Alberto Barbarossa. […] After being presented with evidence by Politico linking him to the Barbarossa alias, Meyer admitted the connection and confessed that he had been concealing his online identity from fellow members of Trump Force 47, the arm of the Trump campaign overseeing volunteer mobilisation efforts.

   • 2026 January 20, Bridgit Bowen, “One year into second Trump term, Wisconsin immigrants are ‘waiting for the worst’”, in Wisconsin Public Radio‎^[2], archived from the original on 21 January 2026:

     In late 2023, police chief Dan Meyer sent a letter to President Joe Biden and others pleading for assistance in response to a “rapid increase” in immigrants arriving to the city.

   1. A surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation] from Middle High German meier (“bailiff”).
   2. An Ashkenazi surname from Yiddish [in turn originating as a patronymic].
   3. An English surname originating as an occupation, an alternative form of Mayer.
   4. A surname from Danish.
3. A locale in the United States.
   1. A census-designated place in Iowa.
   2. An unincorporated community in Adams County, Illinois.
   3. An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Illinois.

Derived terms

• Meyer-Schwickerath's syndrome
• Say-Meyer syndrome
• Urban-Rogers-Meyer syndrome

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Meyer is the 183^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 150,895 individuals. Meyer is most common among White (94.8%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Emery, emery

Danish

Proper noun

Meyer

1. a surname

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Meijer (more common)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛi̯.ər/
• Hyphenation: Mey‧er
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯ər

Proper noun

Meyer

1. a surname

German

Distribution of Meyers in Germany

Distribution of Meyers in Austria

Alternative forms

• Maier, Mair, Mayer, Mayr, Meier, Meijer, Meyr

Etymology

From Meier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪ̯ɐ/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Proper noun

Meyer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Meyers or (with an article) Meyer, feminine genitive Meyer, plural Meyers or Meyer)

1. a common German surname originating as an occupation

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from German Meyer.

Proper noun

Meyer ?

1. a surname from German
2. a name of a district of Rio de Janeiro