Meyer is a surname of English, German, Dutch and Jewish origin, many branches of the Meyer(s) family trace their origins to ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. The name is derived from the Old English name maire, meaning Mayor, or an officer in charge of legal matters. The surname is also of German and Jewish origin deriving from the German word "meiger", meaning Mayor, the name likely traces its origins to a wealthy landholder. There are various names that are connected by cognation in many instances (albeit not all), such as Myer, Meyr, Meier, Meijer, Mayer, Maier, Mayr, and Mair). Among German Jews, "Meyer" converged with the etymologically unconnected name "Meir", which means "one who shines" in Hebrew.
Adolf Meyer (architect) (1881–1921), German architect
Adolf Bernhard Meyer (1840–1911) German ornithologist
Albert Gregory Meyer (1903–1965), Cardinal Archbishop of Chicago
Albert Meyer (politician) (1870–1953), Swiss politician
Alfred Meyer (1891–1945), German Nazi official
Anita Meyer (born 1954), Dutch singer
Anthony Meyer (1920–2004), British soldier, diplomat, and Conservative Party politician
Antoine Meyer (1801-1857), Belgian mathematician
Axel Meyer (born 1960), German evolutionary biologist
Bernard F. Meyer (1898-1975), American Catholic missionary to China
Bernard S. Meyer (1916–2005), New York judge
Bernhard Meyer (1767–1836), German physician and naturalist
Bertrand Meyer (born 1950), French computer scientist, designed the Eiffel programming language
Bill Meyer (artist) (born 1942), Australian artist
Birgit Meyer (born 1960), Dutch religious studies scholar
Bob Meyer (born 1939), American baseball player
Breckin Meyer (born 1974), U.S. actor and producer
Bunny Meyer (born 1985), U.S. YouTube Vlogger
Cameron Meyer (born 1988), Australian professional racing cyclist
Christopher Meyer (born 1944), former British Ambassador to the U.S.
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825–1898), Swiss poet and writer
Christian Meyer (disambiguation)
Dakota Meyer (born 1988), U.S. Medal of Honor recipient
Daniel P. Meyer (born 1965), a federal whistleblowing advocate
Debbie Meyer (born 1952), U.S. Olympic swimmer
Dina Meyer (born 1968), U.S. actor
Dirk Meyer, U.S. microprocessor designer
Don Meyer (1944–2014), American basketball coach
Drew Meyer (born 1981), American baseball player
Dutch Meyer (1898–1982), American college sports coach
Edgar Meyer (born 1960), U.S. double bassist
Eduard Meyer (1855–1930), German historian
Edward C. Meyer (born 1928) U.S. Army General, former Army Chief of Staff
Eric Meyer (disambiguation), various people
Ernest Meyer, (1865-1919), French equestrian
Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer (1791–1858), German botanist and historian of botany
Ernst Hermann Meyer (1905–1988), German composer, pianist, and musicologist
Eugene Meyer (financier) (1875–1959), U.S. public official and newspaper publisher
Florence Meyer (1911–1962), American portrait photographer
Frank Meyer (political philosopher) (1909–1972), U.S. conservative political philosopher
Fred Meyer (1927-2012), American politician
Fred G. Meyer (1886–1978), U.S. retailer
Frederick Brotherton Meyer (1847–1929), British Baptist preacher
Fritz Meyer (1859–1926), Swiss founder of Roamer watch company
George Meyer (born 1956) U.S. TV comedy writer
George Meyer (soccer), American soccer coach
George von Lengerke Meyer (1858–1918), U.S. Secretary of the Navy
Greg Meyer (born 1955), American long-distance runner
Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer, Cargill heiress and equestrian
Hajo Meyer (born 1924), German-Dutch physicist and Jewish political activist
Hannes Meyer (1889–1954), Swiss architect and director of the Bauhaus
Hans Meyer (1858–1929), Austrian geographer and mountaineer
Hans Horst Meyer (1853–1939), German physician and pharmacologist
Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer (1800–1873), German Protestant pastor and theologian
Henry Meyer (1840–1925), Pennsylvanian poet
Henry Albert Meyer (1894–1968), philatelist of Indiana
Heyneke Meyer (born 1967), South African rugby union coach
Hubert Meyer (1913-2012), German Waffen-SS officer
Ilan Meyer (born 1956), American psychiatric epidemiologist
Jack Meyer (born 1905), Educator and Cricketer
Jacob O. Meyer, Directing Elder of the Assemblies of Yahweh
Jean Jacques Meyer (1804–1877), French locomotive designer
Jessica Kate Meyer, American actress and rabbi
Joachim Meyer, German fencer, wrote Fundamental Descriptions of the Art of Fencing (1570)
Johan Meyer (died 1901), German-born pioneer of the Queensland Gold Coast
Johan Meyer (born 1993), South African rugby union player
Johannes Meyer (actor) (1884–1972), Danish film actor
John Meyer (disambiguation)
John C. Meyer (1919–1975), U.S. air force officer
Joseph A. Meyer (c. 1895–1970), American college sports coach
Joseph Meyer (publisher) (1796–1856), German industrialist and publisher
Joseph Meyer (songwriter) (1894–1987), American songwriter
Joyce Meyer (born 1943), U.S. Christian Charismatic speaker and writer
Julius Lothar Meyer (1830–1895), German chemist
Karl Meyer (activist), American pacifist, activist, Catholic worker and tax resister
Karl E. Meyer, American journalist
Karl Friedrich Meyer (1884-1974), Swiss-born American pathologist
Kenneth J. Meyer, American politician
Kirstine Meyer (1861–1941), Danish physicist
Klaus Meyer (1937-2014) German football player
Krzysztof Meyer (born 1943), Polish composer
Kurt Meyer (High Commissioner), New Zealand representative in the Cook Islands
Kurt Meyer (Lucerne) (born 1944), Swiss politician
Kurt Meyer (Panzermeyer) (1910–1961), German officer in the Waffen-SS
Laurenz Meyer (born 1948), German politician
Lena Meyer-Landrut (born 1991), German singer
Léon Meyer (1868–1948), French politician
Lodewijk Meyer (1629-1681), Dutch physician, classical scholar, translator, lexicographer, and playwright
Lucy Rider Meyer (1849-1922), American educator, physician, author, and social worker
Lyndsay Meyer (born 1973), US-American ski mountaineer.
Mark Meyer (Wisconsin politician) (born 1963), U.S. politician
Marshall Meyer (1930–1993), U.S. rabbi and human rights activist
Mary Meyer (1917-1994), Dutch fencer
Maud Meyer Sierra Leonean Nigerian singer
Morgan Meyer (born 1974), lawyer and state representative from Dallas County, Texas
Nathan Meyer (born 1982), South African paralympian
Nicholas Meyer (born 1945), U.S. film-maker
Paul Meyer (philologist) (1840–1917), French philologist
Paul-André Meyer (1934–2003), French mathematician
Philipp Meyer (born 1974) American author
Philipp Meyer (politician) (1892–1962) German politician
Ray Meyer (1913–2006), U.S. basketball coach
Rémo Meyer (born 1980), Swiss football (soccer) player
Roelf Meyer (born 1947), former South African politician
Russ Meyer (1922–2004), U.S. filmmaker
Sabine Meyer (born 1959), German clarinetist
Schuyler M. Meyer (1885–1970), New York politician
Scott Meyer, American author, comedian, and artist
Stephen C. Meyer (born 1958), U.S. philosopher of science and Intelligent Design proponent
Stephenie Meyer (born 1973), American author best known as creator of the Twilight series
Sven Meyer (footballer) (born 1970), German footballer
Sven Meyer (figure skater)
Ted Meyer, rugby league footballer of the 1930s for New Zealand, and Northland
Thérèse Meyer (born 1948), Swiss politician
Urban Meyer (born 1964), American college football coach
Viktor Meyer (1848–1897), German chemist
Wilhelm Meyer (physician) (1824–1895), Danish physician, discovered adenoids and invented adenoidectomy
William Meyer (disambiguation)
Yves Meyer (born 1939), French mathematician and scientist
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