The meier Surname
meier Name Meaning and History
- German, Dutch, Czech, Slovak (Majer), and Polish: status name for a tenant farmer, steward, overseer, or village headman, a variant spelling of German Meyer 1.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant spelling of the personal name Meyer (see Meyer 2).
- Danish: occupational name from meiere ‘reaper’, ‘harvester’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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