Mayer

See also: maþer

English

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

Distribution of Mayers in Germany

Distribution of Mayers in Austria

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaɪ̯ɐ]

• Audio:

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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

Declension of Mayer [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Mayer	(eine)	(die)	Mayer	(die)	Mayers, Mayer
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Mayers, Mayer1	(einer)	(der)	Mayer	(der)	Mayers, Mayer
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Mayer	(einer)	(der)	Mayer	(den)	Mayers, Mayer
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Mayer	(eine)	(die)	Mayer	(die)	Mayers, Mayer

¹With an article.

Related terms

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