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Around the world, מייר (Mare , Maire , Máire ) is a common mostly feminine, but seldom boy's given name. The forename מייר is habitual in Croatia, where it is quite a common girly name, Ethiopia, and Syria, where it is quite a rare principally girly, but scarcely boy's name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Ethiopia, India, and Syria. Likewise, מייר is the last name as well as the forename.
מייר is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Mare Paula d'Altea , the character in Matèria de Bretanya and Máire , the character in the play "Translations".