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)
- (countable) A male given name from Hebrew, of Jewish usage, an alternative form of Meir.
- (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.
- A locale in the United States.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Meyer is the 183rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 150,895 individuals. Meyer is most common among White (94.8%) individuals.
Anagrams
Danish
Proper noun
Meyer
- a surname
Dutch
Alternative forms
- Meijer (more common)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛi̯.ər/
- Hyphenation: Mey‧er
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯ər
Proper noun
Meyer
- a surname
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Meier.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Meyer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Meyers or (with an article) Meyer, feminine genitive Meyer, plural Meyers or Meyer)
Portuguese
Etymology
Proper noun
Meyer ?
- a surname from German
- a name of a district of Rio de Janeiro