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Throughout the world, Meister (Meister
, مايستر
, マイスター
, and others...) is a rare primarily boy's, but scarcely girly forename. The first name Meister is characteristic of Switzerland, where it is a rare unisex name, Austria, where it is a rare masculine name, and Iraq. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Germany, Iraq, and Peru. Predominantly, Meister is the last name as well as the forename.
VARIANT | COUNTRY |
---|---|
Meister | Germany, Austria, Switzerland, United States, Brazil |
مايستر | Iraq |
マイスター | Japan |
Мейстер | Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia |
Майстер | Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Ukraine |
Meister is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Meister Eder , character in Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl; Meister Fior , the operatic character in the opera Operetka; Meister Steffen , the operatic character in the opera Hans Sachs; Meister Sólyom , the operatic character in the opera Bánk bán and Meister Stott , the operatic character in the opera Hans Sachs, among other works.