In the entire world, Meyer (Meyer 
, ماير 
, Меер 
, along with others...) is quite a common epicene first name. The given name Meyer is habitual in Israel, where it is quite a common principally girly, but very infrequently masculine name, Luxembourg, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Lithuania. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in the United States, Israel, and France. Much more frequently, Meyer is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Meyer | Germany, France, United States, South Africa, Switzerland |
| ماير | Iraq, Turkey, Egypt |
| Меер | Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus |
| マイヤー | Japan |
| Мейер | Russia, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan |
| Меєр | Ukraine |
| מאייר | Israel |
Heitmeyer, Lohmeyer, Maier, Major, Majorová, Mayer, Mayr, Meier, Meiers, Meijer, Meir, Meyers, Meyr, Meyër, Meýer, Meÿer, Myer, Méyer, Mëyër, Майер, Маєр, Меиер, Меир, Мейджор, Мейерс, Мейр, Мейэр, Мейєр, Меір, Мэер, Мэйер, מאיירס, מאיר, מייר, مائير, ميجر, میر, মেজর, เมเยอร์, ไมเยอร์, 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, 迈尔, and 麦尔
Meyer is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Meyer Wolfshiem , the fictional character in The Great Gatsby and Meyer Wolfshiem , the operatic character in the opera The Great Gatsby.
| lorenz meyer CH (b. 1497) |
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| bendix meyer Danish military personnel (b. 1650) |
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| kaspar karl meyer (b. 1660) |
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| melchior daniel meyer 1675 - 1733 (b. 1675) |
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| abramson meyer DE (b. 1764) |
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lazar meyer French painter (1847-1935), FR (b. 1847) |
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| herrmann julius meyer German publisher (1826-1909), DE (b. 1826) |
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| jahn emanuel meyer Norwegian photographer, NO (b. 1826) |
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| jost meyer-am rhyn (1834-1898), CH (b. 1834) |
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| bertel iversen meyer (b. 1830) |
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| gottlieb meyer Swiss publisher (1855-1940), CH (b. 1855) |
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| diedrich meyer German engineer, DE (b. 1861) |
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ray meyer American basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator (1913-2006), US (b. 1913) |
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| lambert meyer DE (b. 1855) |
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| hanna meyer holocaust victim, b. 1866-01-01, PL (b. 1866) |
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