Statistics and meaning of name Meier

Usage: 2% firstname, 98% surname.
Meier first name was found 1057 times in 22 different countries.
Surname Meier is used at least 39061 times in at least 52 countries.
Origin of this name is Hebrew.
Gender of firstname Meier is 0% feminine and 100% masculine.
Name written with Chinese letters: 梅耶尔 (pinyin: méi yé ěr)

Given names
Andreas Meier (181)
Peter Meier (169)
Hans Meier (140)
Walter Meier (133)
Josef Meier (127)
Alfred Meier (122)
Kurt Meier (108)
Elisabeth Meier (103)
Franz Meier (101)
Alexander Meier (10 ... +more

Family names
Meier Brevik (3)
Meier Hovik (2)
Meier Jorgensen (2)
Meier Oliver (2)
Meier Pedersen (1)
Meier Hepso (1)
Meier Hegge (1)
Meier Haukland (1)
Meier Hallan (1)
Meier Waltraud (1)
Meier Man ... +more

Meier reversed is Reiem
Name contains 5 letters - 60.00% vowels and 40.00% consonants.

Anagrams: Meire Eemri Eriem Meeri Miere
Misspells: Meiel Meierr Meyer Mejer Meeer Meiera Mieer Meire Meeir

Rhymes: Carrier Cartier Chevalier Collier Currier Cuvier Daumier fire higher wire buyer hire

Meaning of name Meier is: He who illuminates

Hans Meier says: The name comes from the Latin word major (the biger, the elder). A major domus is the boss of a (royal) domain/farm. As there were many such estates in medieval Europe, tehre are so many people called Meier/Maier/Meyer/Mayer...
Rémy Meier says: A Meier administrated in name of the church or in name of a lord of the manor several farms. He was very important for the manorial system, because he collected as aristocrat from farmers the leases of the rented farms. So he was an educated and lectured major for the lord of manor. So he leeads also soldiers and knights into battle to defend rented farms on manor ground. My family for example founded farm for the manorial lord of the shire around the future town Schwelm close to German City of Wuppertal
Cosandey says: The origin of Meier is shurely Germany. The name comes from latin "major" and designates a kind of chief in staff for the middle age clerical or political power. Names like Mehre, Meyer, Maier, Mäher, Mäger, Major, Meiur, Mayer, Mayr came from same root. Todey the family name is - not only due to introdution of informatics- existing in some different spelling/writing forms like Meyer. This is one of the most distributed names in german speaking regions.
Alwaysa Meier says: The name Meier does NOT mean farmer. It means "mayor", or "town leader" in German, its country of origin. The names Mayer, Meyer and Myers were adopted by German Jews, and the names Mejer and Maier, were adopted by other Scandinavian countries.

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Famous people: Richard Meier, Urs Meier, Alexander Meier, Arnd Meier, Norbert Meier, Jennifer Meier, Eugen Meier, Erich Meier, Moritz Hermann Eduard Meier, Reinhard Meier

Writers: Rhonda Meier, Herbert Meier, Waltraut Meier, Elisabeth Meier, Shirley Meier, James Meier, Hansruedi Meier, Horst Meier, Volker Meier, Kurt Meiers, Felix Meier, Gisela Meier, Rebekah Meier, Michael Meier, Mildred Meiers, Wiebke Meier, Fritz Meier, Marco Meier, Jan Meier, Marion Meiers

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