English Explanatory Dictionary

Myers

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Nicholas County, Kentucky, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Treasure County, Montana, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈmaɪə(ɹ)z/ /ˈmaɪ.ə(ɹ)z/

Word forms

Myers Myerses Meyers

Etymology

* As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Meidhir (“descendant of Meidhir”), named based on meidhir (“mirth”). * As an English surname, variant of Myer. * Also as an English surname, the noun mire. * As a Dutch and German surname, Americanized from Meyers, Mayers, Meyer, Mayer.

Derived words

Fort Myers Fort Myers Beach Myers Flat Smith-Fineman-Myers syndrome
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