Mayer

== English == === Etymology === 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”). === Proper noun === Mayer A surname from German. A census-designated place in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. A city in Carver County, Minnesota, United States. An unincorporated community in Potter County, Texas, United States. A town in northern Syria. ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === Amery, Merya, Ramey == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈmaɪ̯ɐ] Hyphenation: May‧er === Proper noun === Mayer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Mayers or (with an article) Mayer, feminine genitive Mayer, plural Mayers or Mayer) a surname originating as an occupation, variant of Meyer ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Mayerbaum, Mayerhofer, Mayerhoff, Mayern Altmayer, Angermayer, Bergmayer, Bihlmayer, Dollmayer, Hintermayer, Neumayer, Niedermayer Pichlmayer, Schlichtenmayer, Sedlmayer, Steinmayer, Untermayer, Vilsmayer, Vordermayer, Zehetmayer