Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A male given name from Hebrew, of Jewish usage, an alternative form of Meir. · A surname. · A surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation] from Middle High German meier (“bailiff”). · An Ashkenazi surname from Yiddish [in turn originating as a patronymic].
* As a German and Alemannic German surname, from the noun Meier (“leaseholder of a manor”). Compare Maier, Mayer, Meier, Myer. * As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish מאיר (mir). Compare Majer, Major, Mayor, Meir. * As a Dutch/West Flemish surname, variant of Meijer.
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- Derivation mentionמאירyi
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