Maier

(Engels)

a surname originating as an occupation, variant of Meier

Etymologie (Engels)

* Variant of Meier (Meyer, Mayer).
* Also Germanized from Czech, Slovene, Serbo-Croatian, Hungarian Majer, Májer, itself borrowed from the obsolete German majer (“bailiff, steward”), from Latin maior (“greater”), related to the above.

Synoniemen

Meier

Meyer

Mayer