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Meyer
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English
Etymology
As a en de - and en gsw - surname, from the noun de Meier leaseholder of a manor. Compare en Maier, en Mayer, en Meier, en Myer.
As a Jewish surname, from en yi מאיר. Compare en Majer, en Major, en Mayor, en Meir.
As a en nl -/en vls - surname, variant of en Meijer.
Pronunciation
en /ˈmaɪə(ɹ)/ /ˈmaɪ.ə(ɹ)/
en En-us-Meyer.ogg GA
en Mayer mire ; Maya<a:non-rhotic>
Proper noun
~
en countable en male Jewish Hebrew, an alternative form of en Meir.
en countable en.
en-GB Lorenzo Tondo Luke Meyer Trump staffer fired from Republican party for being a white supremacist w:The Guardian 2024-11-05 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/05/trump-staffer-fired-from-republican-party-for-being-a-white-supremacist 0261-3077 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20250310045311/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/05/trump-staffer-fired-from-republican-party-for-being-a-white-supremacist
en Bridgit Bowen One year into second Trump term, Wisconsin immigrants are ‘waiting for the worst’ w:Wisconsin Public Radio https://www.wpr.org/news/one-year-second-trump-term-wisconsin-immigrants-waiting-worst 2026-01-20 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20260121154505/https://www.wpr.org/news/one-year-second-trump-term-wisconsin-immigrants-waiting-worst
en German < occupations from en gmh meier bailiff.
en Yiddish < patronymics Ashkenazi.
en English occupations, an alternative form of en Mayer.
en Danish.
en locale c/US.
en CDP s/Iowa.
en unincorporated community county/Adams County s/Illinois.
en unincorporated community county/Franklin County s/Illinois.
Derived terms
en Meyer-Schwickerath's syndrome Meyerian Meyerland Say-Meyer syndrome Urban-Rogers-Meyer syndrome
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
en eemry Emery emery
Danish
Proper noun
da
Dutch
Alternative forms
nl Meijer more common
Pronunciation
nl /ˈmɛi̯.ər/
nl Mey er
nl ɛi̯ər
Proper noun
nl proper noun
nl
German
thumb|250px|Distribution of Meyers in Germany
thumb|250px|Distribution of Meyers in Austria
Alternative forms
de Maier Mair Mayer Mayr Meier Meijer Meyr
Etymology
From de Meier.
Pronunciation
de /ˈmaɪ̯ɐ/
de De-Meyer.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
surname
de common German occupations
Portuguese
Etymology
pt :bor de:Meyer + 1
Proper noun
mfbysense
pt German
Proper noun
m
pt Méier