Meyer (surname)
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Meyer is an originally German, Dutch and Jewish surname. With its numerous variants (Myer , Meyr , Meier , Meijer , Mayer , Maier , Mayr , Mair , Miers , etc.), it is a common German surname.[ 1] mei(g)er , "manager (of a lord's country estate)", derived from Latin maior domus , i.e. "headman of a household" (cf. mayor ), later on also meaning "tenant" or "(free) farmer". It is therefore a rough equivalent of the English Steward , which has also been turned into surnames such as Stuart.
This appellation was also frequently used to form longer, more specific surnames such as Bergmair or Niedermeier . Some German Jews adopted Meyer or a variant thereof as a surname when they assimilated to German culture in the 18th century , as it is close to the Hebrew first name Me'ir [ 2]
Geographical distribution
In 2014, the surname Meyer was most often found (by percentage of the population) in Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg and South Africa. The name ranked 6th in Germany and 8th in Switzerland.[ 3]
Notable people
Adolf Meyer (architect) (1881–1921), German architectAdolf Bernhard Meyer (1840–1911), German ornithologistAlbert Meyer (politician) (1870–1953), Swiss politicianAlbert Gregory Meyer (1903–1965), Cardinal Archbishop of ChicagoAlfred Meyer, from 1903 Alfred Meyer-Waldeck (1864–1928), German admiral
Anita Meyer (born 1954), Dutch singerAnthony Meyer (1920–2004), British soldier, diplomat, and Conservative Party politicianAntoine Meyer (1801–1857), Belgian mathematicianAxel Meyer (born 1960), German evolutionary biologistBernard F. Meyer (1898–1975), American Catholic missionary to ChinaBernard S. Meyer (1916–2005), New York judgeBernhard Meyer (1767–1836), German physician and naturalistBertrand Meyer (born 1950), French computer scientist, designed the Eiffel programming languageBill Meyer (artist) (born 1942), Australian artistBirgit Meyer (born 1960), Dutch religious studies scholarBob Meyer (born 1939), American baseball playerBreckin Meyer (born 1974), American actor and producerBunny Meyer (born 1985), American YouTube vloggerCameron Meyer (born 1988), Australian professional racing cyclistCarlos Enrique Meyer (born 1953), Argentine businessman and politicianChristian Meyer (disambiguation) Christoph Meyer (born 1975), German politicianChristopher Meyer (1944–2022), British Ambassador to the U.S.Clara Meyer (1864–1920), Danish-Swedish patron of the artsColleen Meyer (1939–2015), American politician and businesswomanConrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825–1898), Swiss poet and writerCord Meyer (1920–2001), American Central Intelligence Agency officialDakota Meyer (born 1988), U.S. Medal of Honor recipientDaniel P. Meyer (born 1965), American attorney, federal whistleblowing advocateDebbie Meyer (born 1952), U.S. Olympic swimmerDeon Meyer (born 1958), South African thriller novelistDina Meyer (born 1968), U.S. actorDirk Meyer , U.S. microprocessor designerDon Meyer (1944–2014), American basketball coachDrew Meyer (born 1981), American baseball playerDutch Meyer (1898–1982), American college sports coach
Edgar Meyer (born 1960), U.S. double bassistEduard Meyer (1855–1930), German historianEdward C. Meyer (1928–2020), U.S. Army general, former Army Chief of StaffElana Meyer (born 1966), South African long-distance runnerEric Meyer (disambiguation) , various peopleErnest Meyer (1865–1919), French equestrianErnst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer (1791–1858), German botanist and historian of botanyErnst Hermann Meyer (1905–1988), German composer, pianist, and musicologistEugene Meyer (financier) (1875–1959), American financier and newspaper publisher, former Federal Reserve ChairmanFlorence Meyer (1911–1962), American portrait photographerFrank Meyer (political philosopher) (1909–1972), U.S. conservative political philosopherFranz Sales Meyer (1849–1927), German painter and writer, known for A Handbook of Ornament Fred G. Meyer (1886–1978), U.S. retailerFrederick Brotherton Meyer (1847–1929), British Baptist preacherFridel Meyer (1904–1982), German-born long-distance kayaker, emigrated to EnglandGeorg Meyer (aviator) (1893–1926), German World War I flying aceGeorge Meyer (born 1956), U.S. TV comedy writerGeorge Meyer (soccer) , American soccer coachGeorge von Lengerke Meyer (1858–1918), U.S. Secretary of the NavyGreg Meyer (born 1955), American long-distance runnerGwendolyn Sontheim Meyer , Cargill heiress and equestrianHajo Meyer (1924–2014), German-Dutch physicist and Jewish political activistHannes Meyer (1889–1954), Swiss architect and director of the BauhausHans Meyer (1858–1929), Austrian geographer and mountaineerHans Horst Meyer (1853–1939), German physician and pharmacologistHeinrich August Wilhelm Meyer (1800–1873), German Protestant pastor and theologianHenry Meyer (disambiguation) Heyneke Meyer (born 1967), South African rugby union coachHubert Meyer (1913–2012), German Waffen-SS officerIlan Meyer (born 1956), American psychiatric epidemiologistJack Meyer (1932–1967), American professional baseball playerJacob O. Meyer , Directing Elder of the Assemblies of YahwehJean Jacques Meyer (1804–1877), French locomotive designerJeromie Meyer (born 1997), American wheelchair basketball playerJessica Kate Meyer , American actress and rabbiJoachim Meyer , German fencer, wrote Fundamental Descriptions of the Art of Fencing (1570)Joe-Fio Neenyann Meyer (1918–?), Ghanaian diplomatJohan Meyer (died 1901), German-born pioneer of the Queensland Gold CoastJohan Meyer (born 1993), South African rugby union playerJohann Friedrich Meyer (1705–1765), German chemistJohannes Meyer (actor) (1884–1972), Danish film actorJohn Meyer (disambiguation)John C. Meyer (1919–1975), U.S. air force officerJoseph Meyer (publisher) (1796–1856), German industrialist and publisherJoseph Meyer (songwriter) (1894–1987), American songwriterJoseph A. Meyer (c. 1895 – 1970), American college sports coachJoyce Meyer (born 1943), U.S. Christian Charismatic speaker and writerJulius Lothar Meyer (1830–1895), German chemistKarl Meyer (activist) , American pacifist, activist, Catholic worker and tax resisterKarl E. Meyer , American journalistKarl Friedrich Meyer (1884–1974), Swiss-born American pathologistKatherine Meyer Graham (1917–2001), American publisherKatie Meyer (2000–2022), American soccer playerKenneth J. Meyer , American politicianKerstin Meyer (1928–2020), Swedish mezzo-sopranoKirstine Meyer (1861–1941), Danish physicistKlaus Meyer (1937–2014), German football playerKrzysztof Meyer (born 1943), Polish composerKurt Meyer (Lucerne) (born 1944), Swiss politicianKurt Meyer (Panzermeyer) (1910–1961), German officer in the Waffen-SS
Laurenz Meyer (born 1948), German politicianLena Meyer-Landrut (born 1991), German singerLéon Meyer (1868–1948), French politicianLéone-Noëlle Meyer (born 1939), French businesswoman and philanthropistLodewijk Meyer (1629–1681), Dutch physician, classical scholar, translator, lexicographer, and playwrightLucy Rider Meyer (1849–1922), American educator, physician, author, and social workerLyndsay Meyer (born 1973), US-American ski mountaineerMaile Meyer (born 1957), Native Hawaiian activist and entrepreneurMarany Meyer (born 1984), South African and New Zealand chess playerMarc Eugene Meyer (1842–1925), U.S. businessmanMark Meyer (Wisconsin politician) (born 1963), U.S. politicianMarshall Meyer (1930–1993), U.S. rabbi and human rights activistMartin A. Meyer (1879–1923), American rabbiMary Meyer (1917–1994), Dutch fencerMary Eno Pinchot Meyer (1920–1964), American painter, romantic partner of President John F. Kennedy Maud Meyer , Sierra Leonean Nigerian singerMax Meyer (disambiguation) , several peopleMichele Meyer , American politicianMiriah Meyer , American computer scientistNathan Meyer (born 1982), South African ParalympianNicholas Meyer (born 1945), U.S. film-makerPat Meyer (born 1972), American football player and coachPaul Meyer (philologist) (1840–1917), French philologistPaul-André Meyer (1934–2003), French mathematicianPeyton Meyer (born 1998), American actorPhilipp Meyer (born 1974), American authorPhilipp Meyer (politician) (1892–1962), German politicianRay Meyer (1913–2006), U.S. basketball coachRémo Meyer (born 1980), Swiss football (soccer) playerRich Meyer (born 1985), American bassistRobert B. Meyer (born 1943), American physicistRoelf Meyer (born 1947), South African politicianRuss Meyer (1922–2004), U.S. filmmakerSabine Meyer (born 1959), German clarinettistSarah E. Meyer , American animation artistSchuyler M. Meyer (1885–1970), New York politicianScott Meyer , American author, comedian, and artistSelma Meyer , Dutch pacifist, feminist and resistance fighter of Jewish originStephen C. Meyer (born 1958), U.S. philosopher of science and Intelligent Design proponentStephenie Meyer (born 1973), American author best known as creator of the Twilight seriesSven Meyer (figure skater) , German figure skaterSven Meyer (footballer) (born 1970), German footballerSydney Meyer (born 1995), Canadian actressTed Meyer , rugby league footballer of the 1930s for New Zealand, and NorthlandThérèse Meyer (born 1948), Swiss politicianThomas Meyer zu Schlochtern (born 1946), Dutch art curatorUrban Meyer (born 1964), American college football coachViktor Meyer (1848–1897), German chemistWilhelm Meyer (physician) (1824–1895), Danish physician, discovered adenoids and invented adenoidectomyWilliam Meyer (disambiguation) Wolfgang Meyer (1954–2019), German clarinettist and professor of clarinetYves Meyer (born 1939), French mathematician and scientist
See also
Meyer (disambiguation) Von Meyer , Myer (disambiguation) , Meyr , Meier (disambiguation) , Meijer , Meir , Mayer , Maier , Mayr , Mair Meyers , Myers Meyerson Meijer (surname) German family name etymology
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