Métier

surname · Latin script

Meaning: job, profession, trade

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Métier is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.

rarermore common
  • LSLesotho
  • CACanada
  • DEGermany

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (inferred from the name graph)

no count published

Sources
74 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Metier in US United States, DE Germany, CA Canada and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

job, profession, trade

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Métier counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Where Métier is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—listedMetier74
DE Germany——Metier16
CA Canada——Metier5
GB United Kingdom——Metier6
PK Pakistan——Metier1
MY Malaysia——Metier1
LS Lesotho——Metier1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Métier is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Metier

2 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Métier is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, Any activity that is pursued as a trade or profession; a calling.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Croatian, publ. 1. a. obrt, zvanje, profesija, struka b. stručna vještina, majstorstvo, umijeće 2. umj. iskustvo, rutina, profesionalna vještina autora (pisca, slikara, kompozitora i dr.) koja mu pomaže izraziti ideju, ostvariti zamišljeno djelo

    as a wordHrvatski jezični portal (HJP) dictionary export

  • In Latvian, profesija, nodarbošanās; darbības lauks

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 1 sources across 0 countries.

Reference works 1

  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Métier mean, and where does it come from?
job, profession, trade Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Métier have the most bearers?
Métier is most frequently recorded in the United States, where it is most often spelled metier.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Métier”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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