Maier Family History
Maier Name Meaning
German and Dutch (of German origin): variant of Mayer (see Meyer ). The German surname in this form is also found in some other European countries e.g. in France (Alsace and Lorraine) and Czechia. Jewish (Ashkenazic): from a variant of the personal name Meyer (see Meyer ). Romanian: of German origin (see Meyer ). Germanized form of Czech Slovenian Croatian Serbian and Hungarian Majer . Dutch: variant of Maijer ‘reaper mower’ (see Mayer ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022