Meyer

Meanings

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

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.