Meunier

Meunier is a surname. It originates as an occupational surname for a miller or someone otherwise associated with a mill, from the Old French word meulnier. An additional origin for the surname as a nickname relating to a type of fish has been preposed. However, the plausibility of the name emerging from its use as a term to refer to european chub has been questioned. Some instances of the name have also been said to have occurred as a variant to the surname , as an altered form of the surname , or as a locational surname for a commune called Meunet.

Notable people with the surname include:

• Achille Dauphin-Meunier (1906–1984), French professor, anarchist, and syndicalist
• Adrien Meunier (1905–1971), Canadian lawyer and politicia
• Agathe Meunier (born 1993), French acrobatic gymnast
• Alain Meunier (born 1942), French cellist
• Alex Meunier (1897–1983), American politician
• (1857–1918), Belgian microbiologist
• Angelique Meunier (born 1985), Australian music producer
• Antonine Meunier (1877–1972), French ballet dancer
• Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier, French computer scientist
• Bernard Meunier (born 1947), French chemist
• Claude Meunier (born 1951), Canadian actor and film director
• Claude Marie Meunier (1770–1846), French general during the Napoleonic Wars
• Constantin Meunier (1831–1905), Belgian painter and sculptor
• Charles Meunier (1903–1971), Belgian cyclist
• Christian Meunier (born 1967), French-American businessman
• David Meunier (born 1973), American film and television actor
• Denise Meunier (1918–2022), French schoolteacher and resistant
• Édouard Meunier (1894–?), French cyclist
• Hyacinthe-Eugène Meunier (1841–1906), French artist
• Fabrice Meunier (born 1973), French paralympic archer
• Fanny Meunier (born 1961), French actress
• Françoise Meunier (born 1949), Belgian medical doctor
• Frédérique Meunier (born 1960), French lawyer and politician
• Georges Meunier (1925–?), French cyclist
• Georgette Meunier (1859–1951), Belgian still life painter
• Henri Meunier (1873–1922), Belgian art nouveau illustrator
• Hubert Meunier (born 1959), Luxembourgish soccer player
• Hugues Meunier (1721–1792), French army brigadier general
• James Meunier (1885–1957), English cricketer and soccer player
• Jean-Claude Meunier (1950–1985), French cyclist
• Jean-Henri Meunier (1949–2024), French director
• Jonathan Meunier (born 1987), Canadian mixed martial artist
• Joseph Meunier (1755–1829), Lower Canada politician
• Laurent Meunier (born 1979), French-Swiss ice hockey player
• (1907–2000), French politician
• Manon Meunier (born 1996), French politician
• Marie Meunier (born 1992), Belgian politician
• Marie-Geneviève Meunier (1743–1794), French martyred Catholic saint
• (1880–1960), French translator
• Mark Meunier (born 1964), American professional stock car racing driver
• Maurice Meunier (1890–1971), French footballer
• Michel Meunier, Canadian professor
• Michelle Meunier (born 1956), French politician
• Monique Meunier, former New York City Ballet principal dancer
• Ophélie Meunier (born 1987), French television presenter
• Pascal Meunier (photographer) (born 1966), French documentary photographer
• Pascal Meunier (diplomat) (born 1953), French diplomat
• Patricia Meunier-Lebouc (born 1972), French golfer
• Philippe Meunier (born 1966), French politician
• Raymond Meunier (1920–2010), French actor
• Robert Meunier du Houssoy (1888–1968), French soldier and publisher
• Sébastien Meunier (born 1974), French fashion designer
• Stanislas-Étienne Meunier (1843–1925), French geologist
• Stéfani Meunier (born 1971), Canadian writer
• Sophie Meunier (born c. 1967), senior research scholar
• Théodule Meunier (1860–1907), French anarchist
• Thomas Meunier (born 1991), Belgian football player
• (1817–1903), French writer and political activist