Meier (family name)
Meier and its variants are family names in the German- speaking area .
Origin and meaning
Latin name
A Meier ( lat. Maior or maius "bigger, stronger, more important") was originally an administrator. There was the house meier ( maior domus ) in the feudal-political area (cf. Karl Martell ) and the land manager , later reduced to the lessee of a rural estate, from which the name was transferred to the rural estate ( dairy ). The Meierrecht has been documented since 1290 and means the locally specific ownership and administrative right of the farms given administration.
Jewish form
In (German) Judaism in the 18th century, when all Jews were obliged to also use surnames for the purpose of better assignment, the surname Meier (in different regional spellings) developed from the Jewish first name Meir ( Hebrew 'enlightened', proper Meïr rewritten) ). A double first name like Elias Meir became simply the first and last name Elias Mayer .
Other forms
In Old High German, Latin maior develops into Meior, in Middle High German to Meier, Meiger . The English term mayor and the French maire go back to the same Latin word origin.
variants
The name Meier is one of the most common family names in the German-speaking world.
For the spelling Meyer alone there were over 100,000 entries in the 2005 telephone books in Germany (5th place), with all variants there were around 260,000:
Status: Autumn 2002 (Meijer, Maijer: Winter 2005)
distribution
The spelling Mayer is mainly used in the southwestern German-speaking area, especially in Baden-Württemberg , while the variants with an "e" are more likely to be found in the Low German-speaking area in the north. In Switzerland, Meier is the most common variant with 21,750 hits, followed by Meyer with 11,596 hits in the 2005 telephone directory.
In compound family names with the endings -meier , -meyer , which originated mainly in the area Osnabrück to East Westphalia or in Switzerland, Meier often means (small) farmer. Examples include: Bergmeier , Brinkmeier , Clausmeyer , Grillmaier , Grönemeyer , Händlmaier , Hofmeier , Hörnschemeyer , Kottmeier , Mittermeier , Nestmeyer , Niedermayer , Nullmeier , Obermeier , Ostermeyer , Schäfermeier , Sedlmayr , Stiglmaier , Sundermeier , Westermeier . In addition, he can also refer to the exercise of an office, for example with the name Stühlmeyer or Meyer zum Stuhle, to the exercise of the office of judge (judge's seat).
The name has also spread outside the German-speaking area through emigration . In the English- speaking world there is synonymous with German Meier, but less common, the name version Major (English mayor " mayor , mayor "). Far more common in the Anglo-Saxon area, however, is the name Stewart or Steward, which is derived from the Old English stigweard and has the same word meaning as court administrator and held this function there.
Meier Hole
The Meier-Loch describes the phenomenon that with the geographical distribution of the name Meier in all its spellings in Germany, the name hardly occurs in Central Germany . The reason for the Meier-Loch is that in the middle of Germany this court manager was called Hof (f) mann .
Name bearer
A.
- Adalbert Meier (* 1926), German Catholic church musician
- Adolf Meier (1808–1896), German teacher and draftsman
- Adolf Meier (politician) (1868–1920), German confectioner and member of the Lippe state parliament
- Al Meier (* 1954), Swiss painter and designer
- Albert Meier (winemaker) (1896–1964), Swiss winemaker and politician
- Albert Meier (economist) (1906–1974), German auditor, economist and university professor
- Albert Meier (politician) , German politician (SPD / SED)
- Albert Meier (cyclist) (* 1927), Swiss cyclist
- Albert Meier (Germanist) (* 1952), German Germanist and university professor
- Alex Meier (soccer player, 1951) (* 1951), German soccer player (VfR Mannheim)
- Alex Meier ( Alexander Meier ; * 1983), German football player (including Eintracht Frankfurt)
- Alfons Meier-Böhme (1897–1969), German composer, conductor and music teacher
- Alfred Meier (soccer player) , German soccer player
- Alfred Meier (physician) (1923–2000), Swiss surgeon
- Alfred Meier (fencer) , German fencer
- Alfred Meier (lawyer) (1932–1991), German lawyer and attorney
- Alfred Meier (Judoka) (* 1941), German judoka
- Alfred Meier (actor) , actor
- Alfred Meier (engineer) , German engineer
- Alina Meier (* 1996), Swiss cross-country skier
- Andrea Meier (* 1970), Swiss author, filmmaker and television presenter
- Andreas Meier (theologian) (* 1954), German theologian and church historian
- Andreas Meier (politician) (* 1977), German local politician (CSU)
- Andreas Meier (computer scientist) (* 1951), Swiss business informatics scientist and university professor
- Angelika Meier (* 1968), German literary scholar and writer
- Änne Meier (1896–1989), German elementary school teacher and social worker
- Anne-Gudrun Meier-Scherling (1906–2002), German lawyer
- Annemarie Sylvia Meier (* 1957), German chess player
- Annika Meier (* 1981), German actress
- Armin Meier (politician) (1941–1999), Liechtenstein curative educator and politician
- Armin Meier (actor) (1943–1978), German actor
- Armin Meier (cyclist) (* 1969), Swiss cyclist
- Arnd Meier (* 1973), German racing car driver
- Arnold Meier (1914–1993), Swiss long-distance runner
- Arthur Meier (cross-country skier) (1925–2016), Liechtenstein cross-country skier
- Arthur Meier-Hayoz (1922–2003), Swiss lawyer
- Artur Meier (* 1932), German sociologist and university professor
- August Meier (politician) (1885–1976), German politician (SPD)
- August Meier (SS member) (1900–1960), German SS Obersturmbannführer
- August Meier-Böke (1901–1956), German teacher and local researcher
B.
- Barbara Meier (curler) , Swiss curler
- Barbara Meier (musicologist) (* 1938)
- Barbara Meier (painter) (* 1964), German painter
- Barbara Meier (athlete) (* 1974), German athlete, heptathlete
- Barbara Meier (* 1986), German photo model and mannequin
- Barthold or Bartholomäus Meier (1644–1714), German Protestant theologian, see Bartholomäus Meyer (General Superintendent)
- Bartholomäus Meier (1528–1600), German Protestant theologian
- Beno Meier (* 1949), Swiss classical philologist and writer
- Bernadette Meier-Brändle (* 1972), Swiss athlete
- Bernd Meier (politician) (1944–2005), German politician
- Bernd Meier (technology didactic) (* 1951), German technology didactic
- Bernd Meier (soccer player) (1972–2012), German soccer goalkeeper
- Bernd-Dieter Meier (* 1955), German lawyer and criminologist
- Bernhard Meier (didactic) (* 1944), German Germanist, language didactic and university professor
- Bernhard Meier (physician) (* 1950), Swiss cardiologist
- Bertram Meier (* 1960), German Roman Catholic theologian, Bishop of Augsburg
- Bettina Meier-Augenstein (* 1976), German politician (CDU), MdL
- Birte Meier (* 1971), German journalist and television author
- Bodo Meier (* 1949), German painter and educator
- Bruno Meier (artist) (1905–1967), Swiss artist
- Bruno Meier (* 1962), Swiss historian and cultural manager
- Burkhard Meier (publisher) (1885–1946), German art historian and publisher
- Burkhard Meier (composer) (1943–2001), German music teacher and composer
C.
- Carl Meier (painter) (1814–1891), German painter, draftsman, restorer and lithographer
- Carl Alfred Meier (1905–1995), Swiss doctor and psychoanalyst
- Carlo Meier (* 1961), Swiss journalist and writer
- Christa Meier (* 1941), German politician, Lord Mayor of Regensburg
- Christel Meier-Staubach (* 1942), German classical philologist
- Christian Meier (politician) (1889–1959), Swiss politician (SP)
- Christian Meier (* 1929), German ancient historian
- Christian Meier (soccer player) (* 1964), German soccer player
- Christian J. Meier (* 1968), German physicist, journalist and writer
- Christian Meier (actor) (* 1970), Peruvian actor
- Christian Meier (journalist) (* 1971), German journalist
- Christian Meier (cyclist) (* 1985), Canadian cyclist
- Christian J. Meier-Schatz (* 1950), Swiss lawyer and university professor
- Christiane Meier (* 1956), German television journalist and presenter
- Christina Meier-Höck (* 1966), German ski racer
- Christine Meier (nee Hüni ; * 1986), Swiss ice hockey player
- Christoph Meier (eventing rider) (* 1952), Swiss eventing rider
- Christoph Meier (floorball player) (* 1991), Swiss floorball player
- Christoph Meier (swimmer) (* 1993), Liechtenstein swimmer
- Christoph Ulrich Meier (* 1968), German conductor
- Claude Meier (* 1964), Swiss professional officer (division general)
- Claudia Sabine Meier (* 1968), Swiss activist
- Claus Meier-Brook (1934-2018), German malacologist
- Cord Meier-Klodt (* 1958), German diplomat
- Cordula Meier (* 1960), German art and design scholar
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- Daniel Meier (soccer player) (* 1957), Liechtenstein soccer player
- Daniel Meier (ice hockey player) (* 1972), Swiss ice hockey player
- Daniel Meier (ski racer) (* 1993), Austrian ski racer
- Daniel Eduard Meier (1812–1873), German doctor
- David Meier (theologian) (1572–1640), also: David Meyer , German theologian, writer and historian
- David Meier (musician) (* 1985), Swiss jazz musician
- David Meier (actor) (* 1996), German actor
- Detlev Meier (councilor) (15th century), councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck
- Detlev Meier (theologian) (1582–1653), German Lutheran theologian and clergyman
- Diederich Meier (politician, 1748) (1748–1802), German lawyer, politician and councilor from Bremen
- Diederich Meier (politician, 1787) (1787–1857), German lawyer, politician and councilor from Bremen
- Diedrich Meier (1899–1972), German politician, Bremen member of parliament (SPD)
- Dieter Meier (* 1945), Swiss artist
- Dieter P. Meier-Lenz (1930–2015), German poet and editor
- Dietrich Meier (* 1950), German wood scientist
- Dirk Meier (prehistoric) (* 1959), German prehistoric
- Dirk Meier (cyclist) (* 1964), German racing cyclist
- Dirk Meier (actor) (* 1973), German actor
- Dominic Meier (* 1976), Swiss ice hockey player
- Dominicus Meier (* 1959), German religious, former Benedictine abbot and auxiliary bishop in Paderborn
- Doreen Meier (* 1968), German soccer player and trainer
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- Eduard Meier (1796–1855), German classical philologist, see Moritz Hermann Eduard Meier
- Eduard Meier (engineer) (1834–1899), German engineer and inventor
- Eduard Meier zur Kapellen (1868–1945), German Protestant theologian
- Eduard Meier-Menzel (1887–1958), German bass player, music teacher and composer
- Eduard Albert Meier (* 1937), known as "Billy", Swiss contact to the Plejars
- Elias Meier (* 1996), Swiss environmentalist, opponent of wind power and young politician
- Else Meier (1901–1933), German politician
- Emanuel Meier (1746–1817), Baden civil servant and politician
- Emerenz Meier (1874–1928), German writer
- Emil Meier (1909–1990), German communist and Nazi victim
- Emil Meier-Braun (1876–1930), Swiss architect
- Emile Meier (1865–1947), Swiss geodesist
- Erhard Meier (* 1939), Austrian politician (SPÖ)
- Erich Meier (1935-2010), German soccer player
- Erich Meier (young worker) (1910–1933), German young worker, victim of the Nazi regime
- Ernst von Meier (1832–1911), German legal scholar
- Ernst Meier (media scientist) (1893–1965), German economist and newspaper scholar
- Ernst Meier (politician, KPD) , German politician (KPD), Member of the Free State of Lippe
- Ernst Meier (politician, 1897) (1897–1979), Swiss politician and trade unionist
- Ernst Meier (cyclist) , Swiss cyclist
- Ernst Meier (athlete) (1913 – after 1946), Swiss marathon runner
- Ernst Meier-Appenzell (1885–1940), Swiss architect
- Ernst Meier-Hedde (shipowner) (1913–1994), German shipowner and sea rescuer
- Ernst Meier-Niedermein (1869–1952), German painter
- Ernst-Christoph Meier (* 1956), German political scientist and ministerial official
- Ernst Heinrich Meier (1813–1866), German orientalist and narrative researcher
- Ernst Julius Meier (1828-1897), German theologian
- Erwin Ernst Wilhelm Meier (1937–2007), German composer and school musician
- Eugen Meier (soccer player) (1930–2002), Swiss soccer player
- Eugen Meier (composer) (* 1934), Swiss composer and conductor
- Eugen A. Meier (1933–2004), Swiss politician, sports official and author
- Eva Meier (singer) , German singer and actress
- Eva Meier (actress) (* 1975), German actress
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- Fabian Meier (* 1994), German child actor and actor
- Felix Meier (* 1936), German politician (SED)
- Felix Meier (physicist) (1943–1995), physicist and university professor
- Frank Meier (* 1959), German historian
- Franz Meier (pastor) (1688–1752), Swiss Reformed clergyman
- Franz Meier (painter) (* 1933), German painter
- Franz Meier (athlete) (* 1956), Swiss hurdler
- Franz Meier (Anglist) (1958–2011), German Anglist and Germanist
- Friedrich Meier (book printer) († 1782), German book printer
- Friedrich Meier (painter) (1785–1815), German painter
- Friedrich Meier (organ builder) (1913–1978), German organ builder
- Friedrich Meier (politician) (1924–1975), German politician (SPD)
- Friedrich Gottlieb Meier (1715–1791), German physician and court doctor in Hanover
- Fritz Meier (1912–1998), Swiss scholar of Islam
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- Gaby Meier (* 1959), Swiss athlete (high jump, long jump)
- Gebhardt Theodor Meier (also Gebhard Theodor Meyer; 1633–1693), German ethnologist and Protestant theologian
- Georg Meier, known as Georg Major (1502–1574), German Lutheran theologian
- Georg Meier (racing driver) (1910–1999), German automobile and motorcycle racing driver
- Georg Meier (writer) (* 1947), German writer
- Georg Meier (chess player) (* 1987), German chess player
- Georg Friedrich Meier (philosopher) (1718–1777), German philosopher
- Georg Friedrich Meier (linguist) (1919–1992), German linguist
- Gerhard Meier (pedagogue) (1616–1695), German pedagogue
- Gerhard Meier (Superintendent) (1664–1723), German teacher and superintendent
- Gerhard Meier (lepidopterist) (1911 – after 1989), German chemist and butterfly scientist
- Gerhard Meier (Assyriologist) (1913–1945), German Assyriologist
- Gerhard Meier (writer) (1917–2008), Swiss writer
- Gerhard Meier-Hilbert (* 1943), German geographer and university professor
- Gertrud Meier-Ahrens (1894–1944), German doctor and Mensendieck teacher ( murdered in Auschwitz )
- Gottfried Meier (1925–1991), Swiss painter, graphic artist and restorer
- Gottlieb Meier (1878–1957), Swiss politician (SP)
- Guido Meier (* 1948), Liechtenstein lawyer and politician (FBP)
- Günter Meier (* 1937), German architect and photographer
- Günther Meier (* 1941), German boxer
- Gustav Meier (1929–2016), Swiss conductor and music teacher
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- Hanns Meier (1903–1996), German architect
- Hans Meier (politician, 1879) (1879–1964), German politician (DNF), MdL Bavaria
- Hans Meier (ornithologist) (1910–1992), Swiss electrical engineer and ornithologist
- Hans Meier (artist) (1910–2002), Swiss painter, draftsman and sculptor
- Hans Meier (politician, 1913) (1913–2001), German politician (LDPD), Lord Mayor of Jena
- Hans Meier (resistance fighter) (1914–2000), German resistance fighter and writer
- Hans Meier (soccer player) (* 1920), German soccer player
- Hans Meier (botanist) (* 1928), Swiss botanist and university professor
- Hans Meier (politician, 1933) (* 1933), Swiss politician (SVP, Greens, GLP)
- Hans Meier (racing driver) , German motorcycle racer
- Hans Meier (automobile racing driver) (* 1946 in Vienna), former Austrian automobile racing driver
- Hans Meier-Branecke (1900–1981), German lawyer and judge
- Hans Meier zu Eissen (1930–2018), German collector and author
- Hans Meier-Küpfer (1945–2013), Swiss botanist
- Hans Meier-Ott (1920–2008), Swiss entrepreneur and politician (CVP)
- Hans Meier-Welcker (1906–1983), German officer
- Hans Eduard Meier (1922–2014), Swiss typographer and type designer
- Hans Georg Meier (1918–2001), Swiss photographer and businessman
- Hansheinrich Meier-Peter (* 1939), German ship operator and university professor
- Hans-Jürg Meier (1964–2015), Swiss composer and recorder player
- Hans Peter Meier-Baumgartner (* 1945), Swiss physician and gerontologist
- Hans-Peter Meier-Dallach (* 1944), Swiss curator, publicist and cultural sociologist
- Hans-Rudolf Meier (* 1956), German and Swiss art historian and university professor
- Hans-Ulrich Meier (* 1938), German fluid mechanic
- Hans-Willi Meier (* 1944), German politician (CDU), mayor of Frechen
- Harald Meier (zoologist) (1922–2007), German zoologist
- Harald Meier (economist) (* 1957), economist and university professor
- Harri Meier (1905–1990), German Romance scholar and etymologist
- Heiko Meier (* 1961), German soccer player and coach
- Heinrich Meier (politician, 1609) (1609–1676), German lawyer, politician and mayor of Bremen
- Heinrich Meier (politician, II) , German politician, mayor of Bremen
- Heinrich Meier (historian) (1842–1923), German officer and local historian
- Heinrich Meier (politician, 1898) (1898–1972), German politician (CSU)
- Heinrich Meier (SS member) (1910–1989), German SS-Hauptscharführer and block leader in Sachsenhausen concentration camp
- Heinrich Meier (politician, 1916) (1916–1989), German politician (NDPD)
- Heinrich Meier (philosopher) (* 1953), German philosopher
- Heinrich Meier-Dotta (1834–1912), Swiss industrialist
- Heinrich Christian Meier (1905–1987), German writer and astrologer
- Heinz Meier (trade unionist) (1913–1991), German trade unionist (FDGB)
- Heinz Meier (1930–2013), German actor
- Heinz Meier zu Köcker (* 1931), German engineer, physicist and university professor
- Heinz Rudolf Meier (* 1940), German organist and choir director
- Helen Meier (* 1929), Swiss writer
- Helmut Meier (botanist) (? –1934), Swiss botanist
- Helmut Meier (1897–1973), German teacher and Germanist
- Helmut Meier (historian) (* 1934), German historian
- Henri B. Meier (* 1936), Swiss entrepreneur
- Herbert Meier (lepidopterist) (1919–1977), Austrian butterfly scientist and collector
- Herbert Meier (author) (1928–2018), Swiss writer
- Herbert Meier (walker) (* 1934), West German walker
- Herbert Meier (editor) , Swiss politician (SVP) and publisher
- Heribert Meier (1940–2001), German politician
- Hermann Meier , nickname of Hermann Göring (1893-1946), German politician (NSDAP)
- Hermann Meier (composer) (1906–2002), Swiss composer
- Hermann Meier (police officer) (1911–2000), Liechtenstein police officer
- Hermann Meier (Mayor) , German winemaker and politician
- Hermann Meier (luge) , German luge rider
- Hermann Meier-Cronemeyer (1932–1995), German economist and sociologist
- Hermann Diedrich Meier (1898–1958), German teacher, DJH and NSDAP functionary
- Hermann Henrich Meier (1809–1898), German entrepreneur and politician (NLP)
- Hermann Henrich Meier junior (1845–1905), German entrepreneur, lawyer and art patron
- Horst Meier (* 1954), German author and lawyer
- Horst Meier (agent) (1925–2016), German agent and artist
- Hubert Meier-Sökefeld ( Germany-Meier ; 1906–1962), German painter and architect
- Hugo Meier-Thur (1881–1943), German graphic artist and painter
I.
- Isaak Meier (* 1950), Swiss lawyer and university professor of British origin
- Isabel Meier (* 1966), Swiss film editor
J
- Jakob Meier (Abbot) (1548–1599), Swiss Benedictine monk
- Jakob Meier (painter) (1859–1932), Swiss painter
- Jakob Meier (politician) , German politician (SPD)
- Jan Meier (* 1969), German stage and costume designer
- Jean Meier (1881–1946), Swiss bookseller and Solothurn National Councilor
- Jeanette Macci-Meier (* 1973), Swiss presenter and singer
- Jennifer Meier (* 1981), German soccer player
- Jens Meier (* 1966), German manager and football official
- Jens Meier-Hedde (* 1942), Member of the Bremen Parliament (CDU)
- Joachim Meier (1661–1732), German writer
- Johann Meier (master builder) († 1621), German master builder
- Johann Meier (bell founder) , Celle, s. Hanover State Handbook from 1784
- Johann Meier (Olten) , Swiss politician, Mayor of Olten
- Johann Meier (Zug) (1810–1858), Swiss politician, councilor in Zug
- Johann Meier (clergyman) (1923–1992), German priest and educator
- Johann Meier (painter) (* 1944), German painter and draftsman
- Johann Christian Meier (1732–1815), German educator, pastor and writer
- Johann Daniel Meier (1804–1871), German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Bremen
- Johann Heinrich Meier (1778–1860), German educator
- Johannes Meier (theologian) (* 1948), German theologian
- Johannes Meier (soccer player) (* 1984), German soccer player
- Johannes Hofstetter-Meier (1838–1902), Swiss embroidery manufacturer and councilor
- John Meier (1864–1953), German philologist and folklorist
- Josef Meier (1874–1945), missionary and ethnologist
- Josef Meier (politician) (1901–1959), Liechtenstein politician (FBP)
- Josef Meier-Zwys (1879–1966), Swiss botanist and mathematics teacher
- Josef Peter Meier-Scupin (* 1953), German architect
- Joseph Meier (clergyman) (1889–1947), German Catholic clergyman
- Josi Meier (1926–2006), Swiss politician (CVP)
- Jost Meier (* 1939), Swiss conductor and composer
- Julia Meier (* 1985), German soccer player
- Julius Meier (politician) (1874–1937), American politician
- Julius Meier-Graefe (1867–1935), German art historian and writer
- Jürg Meier , known as Jürgmeier (* 1951), Swiss publicist and writer
- Jürgen Meier (* 1938), German specialist in German
- Jürgen Meier-Beer (* 1950), German television editor
- Jürgen Meier-Sydow (* 1928), German internist, pulmonologist and university professor
K
- Kai-Steffen Meier (* 1983), German eventing rider
- Karin Meier (* ≈1980), Swiss jazz musician
- Karl Meier (politician, 1867) (1867–1944), German politician (DVP), MdL Prussia
- Karl Meier (author) (1882–1969), German philologist, local researcher and writer
- Karl Meier (actor) (1897–1974), Swiss actor, editor and author
- Karl Meier (politician, 1902) (1902–1989), German politician (KPD), MdR and MdL Schaumburg-Lippe
- Karl Meier (soccer player) (* 1976), German soccer player
- Karl Heinrich Adolf Meier (1808–1896), German teacher and draftsman, see Adolf Meier
- Karlheinz Meier (1955–2018), German experimental physicist
- Karl-Heinz Meier-Braun (* 1950), German journalist and author
- Karsten Meier (* 1991), German athlete
- Kaspar Meier (1917–1998), Swiss politician (LPS)
- Katharina Meier (* 1975), maiden name of Ana Nova
- Katharina Meier (handball player) (* 1998), German handball player
- Katja Meier (* 1979), German politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
- Kerstin Meier (* 1975), German politician (Die Linke), MdL Brandenburg
- Klaus Meier (* 1968), German-speaking journalist and communication scientist
- Klaus Meier-Ude (* 1927), German photographer and photo journalist
- Klotilde Gollwitzer-Meier (1894–1954), German doctor and physiologist
- Konrad Meier (librarian) (1780–1813), monastery librarian in St. Gallen (1805–1811)
- Konrad Meier (missionary) (1867–1931), Swiss missionary
- Konrad Meier (painter) (1890–1962), German painter and lithographer
- Kristen Meier (* 1991), American soccer player
- Kurt Meier (agricultural scientist) (1887–1959), Swiss agricultural scientist, teacher and editor
- Kurt Meier (resistance fighter) (1910–2008), German resistance fighter
- Kurt Meier (trade unionist) (1914–1985), German politician (SED) and trade unionist (FDGB)
- Kurt Meier , known as Meier 19 (1925–2006), Swiss policeman and whistleblower
- Kurt Meier (church historian) (* 1927), German church historian and university professor
- Kurt Meier (diplomat) (* 1930), German diplomat
- Kurt Meier , German author of several savings guides, see Uwe Glinka and Kurt Meier
- Kurt Meier (bobsleigh driver) (* 1962), Swiss bobsleigh driver
- Kurt Meier-Boudane (1947–2014), Swiss-Seychellois chess player
L.
- Ladina Meier-Ruge (* 1992), Swiss biathlete
- Leon Meier (* 2002), German volleyball player
- Lollo Meier (* 1962), Dutch jazz musician
- Lothar Meier (* 1941), German politician (PDS / Die Linke)
- Lucrezia Meier-Schatz (* 1952), Swiss politician (CVP)
- Ludwig Meier (1747–1824), German Protestant clergyman
- Ludwig Emil Meier (1847–1919), German Esperantist, captain and writer
- Luise Meier (1885–1979), German housewife and Righteous Among the Nations
- Luise Meier (author) (* 1985), German philosopher
- Lutz Meier (1948–1972), victim of the inner-German border, lieutenant in the border troops of the GDR
M.
- Manfred Meier-Preschany (1929–2014), German bank manager; Member of the Board of Management of Dresdner Bank AG (1973–1978)
- Marco C. Meier (* 1971), German economist and university professor
- Mark Meier (1925–2012), glaciologist
- Markus Meier (1955–2005), Swiss scientist
- Martin Meier (local politician) (* 1924 or 1925; † 2002), German local politician (SPD)
- Martin Meier (* 1961), cantor and organist at the city church of St. Michael in Jena and church music director (KMD) in Thuringia
- Martin Grabher-Meier (* 1983), Austrian ice hockey player
- Matthias Meier (1880–1949), German philosopher and university professor
- Matthias Meier (musician) (* 1981), German musician and singer ( Da Huawa, da Meier and I )
- Max Meier (1863–1919), German entrepreneur
- Max Meier (garden architect) (1879–1939), German garden architect
- Menahem Meier (* 1942), American rabbi
- Michael Meier (publisher) (1925–2015), German art historian and publisher
- Michael Meier (Bishop) (* 1928), German clergyman, Archbishop of Mount Hagen
- Michael Meier (football official) (* 1949), German football official
- Michael Meier (journalist) (* 1955), Swiss journalist and theologian
- Michael Meier , real name of Dominicus Meier (* 1959), German Benedictine, auxiliary bishop in Paderborn
- Michael Meier , real name of Mike Meiré (* 1964), German designer and artist
- Michael Meier (artist, 1980) (* 1980), Austrian sculptor and object artist
- Michael Meier (artist, 1982) (* 1982), Swiss photographer
- Michael Meier-Brügger (* 1948), Swiss Indo-Europeanist
- Michel Meier (* around 1980), German break dancer
- Mischa Meier (* 1971), German historian
- Monika Meier-Schmid (* 1955), German singer (soprano), singing teacher and university teacher
- Moritz Meier (1883–1944), German musician and music teacher
- Moritz Hermann Eduard Meier (1796–1855), German classical philologist
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- Nicola Meier (* 1979), German journalist
- Norbert Meier (* 1958), German soccer coach
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- Oliver Batista-Meier (* 2001), German soccer player
- Ortwin Meier (also Ortwin Meier-Hannover; 1881–1941), German numismatist
- Otto Meier (politician) (1889–1962), German politician (SPD / SED)
- Otto Meier (architect) (1901–1982), Swiss architect
- Otto Meier (ceramist) (1903–1996), German ceramist
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- Pascal Meier (* 1990), Swiss floorball player
- Patrick Meier (* 1976), Swiss figure skater
- Paul Meier (statistician) (1924–2011), American statistician
- Paul Meier (athlete) (* 1971), German athlete
- Paul Meier-Benneckenstein (1894–1971), German educator and political scientist
- Paul Jonas Meier (1857–1946), German archaeologist and museum director
- Paul Louis Meier (* 1950), Swiss draftsman and sculptor
- Peter Meier (composer) (1620–1677), German organist and composer
- Peter Meier (guitarist) (* 1953), German concert guitarist and composer
- Peter Meier-Beck (* 1955), German judge and legal scholar
- Peter Meier-Bergfeld (1950–2019), German journalist and publicist
- Peter Meier-Hüsing (* 1958), German journalist, author and editor
- Pierre C. Meier (1948–2014), Swiss journalist
- Pirmin Meier (* 1947), Swiss author
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- Ralf Meier (* 1960), German journalist and author
- Reiner Meier (* 1953), German politician (CSU)
- Reinhard Meier (* 1946), German soccer player
- Reinhard C. Meier-Walser (* 1957), German political scientist
- Richard Meier (politician, 1878) (1878–1933), German politician (SPD)
- Richard Meier (people's artist) (1888–1964), German people's artist
- Richard Meier (politician, 1906) (1906–1982), Liechtenstein politician (FBP)
- Richard Meier (lawyer) (1928–2015), German lawyer and President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution.
- Richard Meier (architect) (* 1934), American architect
- Richard Meier (educator) (* 1937), German educator and university professor
- Roland Meier (* 1967), Swiss cyclist
- Rolf Meier (chemist) (1897–1966), German-Swiss chemist and physician
- Rolf Meier (producer) , German film producer
- Rolf Meier (educator) (* 1951), German educator
- Rolf Meier (handball player) , German handball player
- Rudolf Meier (painter) (1876–1958), Swiss draftsman and glass painter
- Rudolf Meier (politician, 1901) (1901–1961), German politician (NSDAP), Lord Mayor of Heidenheim
- Rudolf Meier (politician, 1907) (1907–1986), Swiss politician (BGB)
- Rudolf Meier (politician, 1926) (1926–1995), Swiss politician (CVP)
- Ruedi Meier (* 1949), Swiss economist, spatial planner and energy specialist
- Ruth Meier (1888–1965), German painter and graphic artist
S.
- Samuel Meier (1532–1610), German pastor, scholar and editor, see Samuel Meiger
- Samuel Meier (politician) (1948–1999), Swiss doctor and politician (LdU)
- Samuel M. Meier ( Samuel M. Meier-Menches ), Austrian chemist
- Sarah Meier (* 1984), Swiss figure skater, see Sarah van Berkel
- Saskia Meier (* 1997), German soccer player
- Sebastian Meier (1594–1664), German physician and educator
- Shane Meier (* 1977), American actor
- Sid Meier (* 1954), Canadian-American computer game developer
- Siegfried Meier (1924–1977), German soccer player
- Silke Meier (tennis player) (* 1968), German tennis player
- Silke Meier (handball player) (* 1980), German handball player
- Silvio Meier (1965–1992), German political activist
- Simon Meier (* 1990), Swiss floorball player
- Simon Meier-Vieracker (* 1980), Swiss linguist
- Simone Meier (* 1970), Swiss journalist and writer
- Simone Meier (athlete) (* 1965), Swiss athlete
- Sonja Meier (* 1964), German law scholar and university lecturer
- Stefan Meier (politician) (1889–1944), German politician (SPD)
- Stefan Meier (floorball player) (* 1991), Swiss floorball player
- Stephan Meier (* 1966), German drummer, conductor and composer
- Susanne Stöcklin-Meier (* 1940), Swiss play teacher and book author
T
- Theo Meier (painter) (called Theomeier or Meier from Bali; 1908–1982), Swiss painter
- Theo Meier ( Theophil Albert Meier, also Meier-Peter; 1919-2010), Swiss politician (FDP)
- Theo Meier-Lippe (1907–1980), German painter and draftsman
- Theodor Meier (politician) (1572 – around 1658), Swiss politician
- Theodor Meier (poet) (around 1580–?), German poet
- Theodor Meier , real name of Theo Muyr (1921–2009), Swiss painter and graphic artist
- Thomas Meier (archaeologist) (* 1966), German archaeologist
- Thomas Meier-Castel (1949–2008), German graphic artist and etcher
- Thomas D. Meier (* 1958), Swiss historian
- Timo Meier (* 1996), Swiss ice hockey player
- Tino Meier (* 1987), German racing cyclist
- Titus Meier (* 1981), Swiss historian and politician (FDP The Liberals)
- Tommy Meier (* 1959), Swiss jazz musician
- Trevor Meier (* 1973), Swiss-Canadian ice hockey player
U
- Ullrich Meier (* 1955), German politician (CDU), member of the Berlin House of Representatives
- Ulrich Meier (* 1948), German historian and university professor
- Ulrich Meier-Tesch (* 1959), German diplomat
- Urs Meier (football referee) (* 1959), Swiss football referee
- Urs Meier (soccer coach ) (* 1961), Swiss soccer player and coach
- Ursula Meier (* 1971), Swiss film director and actress
- Ursula Meier-Baur (* 1939), Swiss painter
- Ursula Meier-Hirschi , Swiss author
- Uto J. Meier (* 1955), German Catholic theologian
V
- Viktor Meier (1929–2014), Swiss journalist
- Volchart Meier (1761–1811), lawyer and senator from Bremen
- Volker Meier (1932–1993), German painter and graphic artist
W.
- Walter Meier (painter) (1921–1985), Swiss painter
- Walter Meier (entomologist) (1926 / 1927–1988), Swiss agronomist and entomologist
- Walter Meier (athlete) (1927-2017), German athlete
- Walter Meier (politician) (* 1960), Swiss politician (EPP)
- Walter Meier-Arendt (* 1938), German prehistoric
- Walter Meier-Bitsch (also Walther Meier-Bitsch; 1894–1952), Swiss painter
- Walther Meier (1898–1982), Swiss Germanist and founder of Manesse Verlag
- Waltraud Meier (* 1956), German opera singer (mezzo-soprano, soprano)
- Werner Meier (politician) (1916–2007), Swiss politician (SP) and trade unionist
- Werner Meier (soccer player) (* 1929), German soccer player
- Werner Meier (athlete) (* 1949), Swiss long-distance runner
- Werner Meier (author) (* 1952), German author
- Werner Meier (* 1953), German musician and composer, see Sternschnuppe (music project)
- Werner Meier (artist) (* 1943), Swiss painter
- Werner Meier (educator) (* 1956), Swiss painter, draftsman and educator
- Wilhelm Meier (physician) (1785–1853), German general staff doctor
- Wilhelm Meier (theologian) (1870–1912), Swiss theologian
- Wilhelm Meier (sculptor) (1880–1971), Swiss sculptor
- Wilhelm Meier (politician) (1887–1957), German politician (SPD)
- Wilhelm Meier (engineer) (1895 − after 1979), German engineer
- Wilhelm Meier (1907–1979), German athlete, see Willi Meier
- Wilhelm Meier-Jobst (1842–1916), German farmer and politician (FVp), MdR
- Wilhelm Meier-Peithmann (* 1940), German ornithologist
- Willy Meier-Pauselius (1895–1965), German violinist and guitarist
- Wolfgang Meier (farmer) (1878–1945), German farmer and resistance fighter
- Wolfgang Meier (trainer) , German athletics trainer
- Wolfgang Peter Meier (* 1964), German chemist
Y
- Yaël Meier (* 2000), Swiss actress and journalist
Z
- Zacharias Meier (approx. 1550–1617), German merchant, customs clerk and diplomat
supporting documents
- ^ Entry Meierrecht . In: German legal dictionary , DRW Online, ed. from the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences.
- ↑ Josef Karlmann Brechenmacher : Etymological dictionary of German family names. Limburg a. d. Lahn, 1957, p. 249.
- ^ Max Gottschald: German onomastics. Our family names. 5th edition, Berlin / New York, 1982, p. 346.
- ^ [1] Online Etymology Dictionary
- ^ Karl Salomo Zachariä, Forty Books from the State, Academic Publishing Bookshop by CF Winter, Heidelberg 1839, Volume 3, Book 16, p. 159
- ↑ Adapted from Meier-Loch ; the authors are named in the version history
- ↑ Article Mainzer Rhein-Zeitung of April 9th, 2008 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 29 kB)
- ↑ Article Süddeutsche Zeitung of April 25, 2007