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Surname Etymology and Meaning of MYERS

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The same as Meyer, the magistrate of a city or town; a very common name in Germany.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).

1. English (mainly Yorkshire): patronymic from Mayer 1, i.e. ‘son of the mayor’.
2. English: patronymic from mire ‘physician’ (see Myer 1).
3. Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Midhir, probably a variant of Ó Meidhir ‘mayor’ (see Mayer 1).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)