Mayer

Where it comes from

* 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”).