Meir ( he, מֵאִיר) is a Jewish male

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

and an occasional

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

. It means "one who shines". It is often Germanized as Maier,

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 ...

, Mayr, Meier, Meyer, Meijer, Italianized as Miagro, or Anglicized as

, Meyer, or Myer. Alfred J. Kolatch, ''These Are The Names'' (New York: Jonathan David Co., 1948), pp. 157, 160. Notable people with the name include: Given name: * Rabbi Meir, Jewish sage who lived in the time of the Talmud * Meir Amit (1921–2009), Israeli general and politician * Meir Ariel, Israeli singer/songwriter *

Meir Bar-Ilan Meir Bar-Ilan (; – ) was an Orthodox rabbi, author, and Religious Zionist activist, who served as leader of the Mizrachi movement in the United States and Mandatory Palestine. Bar-Ilan University, founded in 1955, was named in his honour. ...

(1880–1949), rabbi and Religious Zionism leader *Meir Ben Baruch (1215–1293) aka Meir of Rothenburg, a German rabbi, poet, and author * Meir Daloya (born 1956), Olympic weightlifter * Meir Dizengoff (1861–1936), Israeli politician *

Meir Har-Zion Meir Har-Zion ( he, מאיר הר ציון; February 25, 1934 – March 14, 2014) was an Israeli military commando. As a key member of Unit 101, he was highly praised by Chief of Staff Moshe Dayan who described him as "the finest of our commando ...

, Israeli commando fighter * Meir Dagan,

Mossad Mossad ( , ), ; ar, الموساد, al-Mōsād, ; , short for ( he, המוסד למודיעין ולתפקידים מיוחדים, links=no), meaning 'Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations'. is the national intelligence agency ...

chief * Meir Kahane (1932–1990), rabbi and political activist * Meir Lublin (1558–1616), Polish rabbi, Talmudist and Posek *

Meir Nitzan Meir Nitzan (; born 1931) is an Israeli politician. He was mayor of Rishon Lezion for five consecutive terms. Biography Meir Nitzan was born in Bucharest, Romania. He lived in a displaced persons' camp in Cyprus before making Aliyah at age 16. ...

, the mayor of Rishon-LeZion, Israel *

Meir Pa'il Meir Pa'il ( he, מאיר פעיל‎; 19 June 1926 – 15 September 2015) was a colonel in the Israel Defense Forces, an Israeli politician, and military historian. Biography Meir Pilevsky (later Pa'il) was born in Jerusalem during the Ma ...

(1926–2015), Israeli politician and military historian *

Meir Shalev Meir Shalev ( he, מאיר שלו; born 29 July 1948) is an Israeli writer and newspaper columnist for the daily Yedioth Ahronoth . Shalev's books have been translated into 26 languages. Biography Shalev was born in Nahalal, Israel. Later h ...

, Israeli writer *

Meir Shamgar Meir Shamgar ( he, מאיר שמגר; August 13, 1925 – October 18, 2019) was the chief justice of the Israeli Supreme Court from 1983 to 1995. Biography Meir Shamgar (Sterenberg or Sternberg) was born in the Free City of Danzig (present-da ...

(born 1925), Israeli President of the Israeli Supreme Court * Meir Shapiro (1887–1933), Hasidic Rabbi and creator of the Daf Yomi * Meir Simcha of Dvinsk (1843–1926), rabbi and leader of Orthodox Judaism in Eastern Europe * Meir Zorea (1923–1995), Israeli general and politician * Meir Sheetrit, a current Israeli Knesset member for the Kadima party * Meir Tapiro (born 1975), Israeli basketball player, and current CEO of Ironi Nes Ziona *

Meir Tobianski Meir Tobianski ( he, מאיר טוביאנסקי, also ''Tubianski''; 20 May 1904 – 30 June 1948) was an officer in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) who was executed as a traitor on circumstantial evidence on the orders of Isser Be'eri, the fi ...

(1904–1948), Israeli officer wrongly executed as a traitor * Israel Meir Kagan (1838–1933), Polish rabbi, Halakhist and ethicist * Yisrael Meir Lau, the Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv, Israel * Yitzchak Meir Alter (1798(?)–1866), Polish rabbi and founder of the Ger (Hasidic dynasty) within Hasidic Judaism Surname: *

Elchanan Meir Professor Elchanan Israel Meir (10 July 1936 – 17 February 2014; Hebrew: אלחנן ישראל מאיר) was an Israeli psychologist who was a professor in the Department of Psychological at the Tel Aviv University. He was the president of the I ...

(born 1936), Israeli psychologist * Gideon Meir, Israeli diplomat * Golda Meir (1898–1978), a founder of the modern State of Israel, Hebraicized from Meyerson * Jessica Meir, comparative physiology researcher and aquanaut * Nati Meir (born 1955), Romanian politician Localities * Meir, Antwerp, shopping street in Antwerp, Belgium * Meir, Egypt * Meir, Staffordshire

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