''Maior'' (also spelled ''major'') (Latin, 'greater') gives its name to several occupations such as maior domus,

major Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators ...

, and mayor, and thus many surnames, especially German surnames like Maier, Meier, Meyer, Meir,

Mayer Mayer may refer to: *Mayer (name) Places * C. Mayer (crater), named after Christian Mayer * Mayer, Syria * Mayer, Arizona, United States * Mayer, Minnesota, United States * Mayersville, Mississippi, United States * Mayerthorpe, Alberta, Canad ...

, Meyr, and the Dutch surname Meijer. Notable people with the name Maior include:

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Maior of Arabia Maior, better known as Maior of Arabia was an Arab sophist and rhetorician during the 3rd century AD. He was a contemporary of the sophists Apsines and Nicagoras, at the time of Roman emperor Philip the Arab (244–249). There is little biographic ...

, (3rd-century) Roman sophist and rhetorician * Álvaro Luiz Maior de Aquino, (born 1977), Brazilian footballer *

Augustin Maior Augustin Maior (22 August 1882 – 3 October 1963) was a Romanian physicist, educator and inventor. Studies Maior was born in Reghin, Transylvania (then ''Szászrégen'', Kingdom of Hungary, part of Austria-Hungary) on 21 August 1882. His parents ...

(1882-1963), Romanian physicist * George Maior (born 1967), Romanian politician and espionage chief *

Grigore Maior Grigore Gavrila Maior, O.S.B.M., (1715 – 7 February 1785) was Bishop of Făgăraş and Primate of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church from 1773 to his resignation in 1782. Life Gavrilă Maior was born in 1715, in Sărăuad, Szatmár County ...

(1715-1785), Romanian bishop * Petru Maior (1756-1821), Romanian writer and priest

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