The mayor Surname
mayor Name Meaning and History
- English (Lancashire): variant spelling of Mayer 1.
- Spanish and Jewish (Sephardic): nickname for an older man or a distinguishing epithet for the elder of two bearers of the same personal name, from Spanish mayor ‘older’ (Latin maior (natus), literally ‘greater (by birth)’).
- Spanish and Jewish (Sephardic): occupational or status name, from major ‘governor’, ‘chief’.
- Catalan: variant spelling of Major.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Meyer 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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