In all the world, Mayer (Mayer 
, מאיר 
, ماير 
, among others...) is quite a common unisex forename. The given name Mayer is habitual in Israel, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Peru, where it is quite a rare primarily male, but very infrequently girly name, and Egypt, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Egypt, Peru, and the United States. More prevalently, Mayer is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Mayer | Germany, Austria, United States, France, Brazil |
| מאיר, מאייר | Israel |
| ماير | Turkey, Iraq, Egypt |
| Майер, Маер | Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Ukraine |
| マイヤー | Japan |
| Маєр | Ukraine |
| Майэр | Kazakhstan, Russia |
Maier, Major, Majorová, Mayers, Mayr, Mayér, Me'Ir, Meier, Meiers, Meir, Meyer, Meyers, Màyer, Máyer, Mâyër, Маиер, Майёр, Маыер, Маыёр, Меир, Мейджор, Мейер, Мейерс, Мейєр, Меєр, Меір, Меїр, מאיירס, مائر, مائير, ميجر, মেজর, マイアー, メイエ, メイエル, メイヤー, メイル, メジャー, 梅尔, 梅杰, 玛耶, 迈尔, and 麦尔
Mayer is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Meyer Wolfshiem , the fictional character in The Great Gatsby.
| sebald mayer (b. 1540) |
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| urban mayer DE (b. 1575) |
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| bartholomaeus mayer (b. 1598) |
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| bartholomaeus mayer (b. 1637) |
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| gottschalk mayer DE (b. 1761) |
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| wolf mayer (1776-1850), CZ (b. 1776) |
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| bartholome mayer (1784-1838), CH (b. 1784) |
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| lewis mayer (b. 1783) |
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| gottschalk mayer (b. 1785) |
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| veit mayer CZ (b. 1786) |
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levy mayer American lawyer (1858-1922), US (b. 1858) |
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| gottlieb friedrich mayer (b. 1803) |
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| hynek mayer Bulgarian prosecutor, attorney and deputy (1853-1930), CZ (b. 1853) |
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| mattheis mayer (b. 1848) |
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| ambros mayer (b. 1849) |
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