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Meyer may refer to: People *Meyer (surname), listing people so named *Meyer (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the name Companies * Meyer Burger, a Swiss mechanical engineering company * Meyer Corporation * Meyer Sound Laboratories * Meyer Turku, a Finnish shipbuilding company * Behn Meyer, a German chemical company * Fred Meyer, a American hypermarket chain and subsidiary of Kroger * Fred Meyer Jewelers Places United States * Meyer, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Adams County, Illinois * Meyer, Franklin County, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Illinois * Meyer, Iowa, in Mitchell County, Iowa * Myers, Montana (also spelled Meyer), an unincorporated community in Treasure County * Meyer Township, Michigan Other * Meyer House (other), multiple buildings in the U.S. * Meyer locomotive * Meyer Theatre, an historic theater in Wisconsin, U.S. * USS ''Meyer'' (DD-279), a ''Clemson''-class destroyer in the United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meyer (surname)
The surname Meyer is an English, Dutch, German, and Jewish surname. With its numerous variants (Myer, Meyr, Meier, Meijer, Mayer, Maier, Mayr, Mair etc., though not all instances of these names are necessarily cognate), it is the most common German surname. Its original meaning in Middle High German ''mei(g)er'' is "manager (of a lord's country estate)", derived from Latin ''maior domus'', i.e. "headman of a household" (cf. mayor), later on also simply meaning "tenant" or "(free) farmer". It is therefore a rough equivalent of the English Steward which has also frequently been turned into a surname (incl. Stuart and other variants). This appellation was also frequently used to form longer, more specific surnames, cf. Bergmair, Niedermeier etc. Furthermore, many 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'' (מֵאִיר), i.e. "shining, enlighte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |