Mayer

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Etymology

• As an English surname, variant of Mear, from the noun mere (both senses).
• Also as an English surname, from Middle English mire, a borrowing from archaic French mire (“physician”). Compare Myer.
• Also as an English name, from the noun mayor. Compare Mayor, Mair.
• As a German and Dutch surname, variant of Meyer, Myers.
• Also as a Dutch surname, variant of Maijer, from the noun maaier (“mower, reaper”).
• As a French Canadian surname, variant of Maille, itself of Breton origin, from the adjective maget (“nourished”), from Proto-Celtic *maketi (“to raise”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (“long, to raise”).

Proper noun

Mayer

1. A surname from German.
2. A census-designated place in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States.
3. A city in Carver County, Minnesota, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Potter County, Texas, United States.
5. A town in northern Syria.

Derived terms

• Mayer-Norton theorem
• Mayersville
• Mayerthorpe

Anagrams

• Amery, Merya, Ramey

German

 Mayer on German Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: May‧er

Proper noun

Mayer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Mayers or (with an article) Mayer, feminine genitive Mayer, plural Mayers or Mayer)

1. a surname originating as an occupation, variant of Meyer

Declension

Related terms

• Mayerbaum, Mayerhofer, Mayerhoff, Mayern
• Altmayer, Angermayer, Bergmayer, Bihlmayer, Dollmayer, Hintermayer, Neumayer, Niedermayer
• Pichlmayer, Schlichtenmayer, Sedlmayer, Steinmayer, Untermayer, Vilsmayer, Vordermayer, Zehetmayer