Mayer
See also: maþer
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
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmaɪ̯ɐ]
Audio (file) - 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)
Declension
Declension of Mayer [masculine // feminine, surname]
singular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | feminine | |||||||
indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | (ein) | (der) | Mayer | (eine) | (die) | Mayer | (die) | Mayers, Mayer |
genitive | (eines) | (des) | Mayers, Mayer1 | (einer) | (der) | Mayer | (der) | Mayers, Mayer |
dative | (einem) | (dem) | Mayer | (einer) | (der) | Mayer | (den) | Mayers, Mayer |
accusative | (einen) | (den) | Mayer | (eine) | (die) | Mayer | (die) | Mayers, Mayer |
1With an article.
Related terms
- Mayerbaum, Mayerhofer, Mayerhoff, Mayern
- Altmayer, Angermayer, Bergmayer, Bihlmayer, Dollmayer, Hintermayer, Neumayer, Niedermayer
- Pichlmayer, Schlichtenmayer, Sedlmayer, Steinmayer, Untermayer, Vilsmayer, Vordermayer, Zehetmayer
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