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Mayer

Mayer proper noun: a surname from German.

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.

Origin of Mayer

* 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”).

Words formed from Mayer

Questions about Mayer

What does Mayer mean?
Mayer means a surname from German.
What part of speech is Mayer?
Mayer is a proper noun.

Words near Mayer in the dictionary

  1. mayeng
  2. Mayengbam
  3. mayenite
  4. Mayenne
  5. Mayens
  6. Mayer
  7. Mayer's reagent
  8. Mayer-Norton theorem
  9. Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome
  10. Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndromes
  11. Mayers

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