Meir
Meir (meˈʕir) is a Jewish given name ( Hebrew 'enlightened'; 'shining', 'radiant'), which is also common as a family name. The name Meir wear
as a first name
- Meir Amit (1921–2009), Israeli general, 1963–1968 director of the Israeli secret service Mossad
- Meir Auerbach (1815–1878), 19th century Jewish scholar, rabbi and Ashkenazi chief rabbi
- Meir Bar-Ilan (1880–1949), Orthodox rabbi and a leader of religious Zionism
- Meir Dagan (1945–2016), Israeli general and head of the Israeli foreign intelligence service Mossad (2002–2011)
- Meir Dizengoff (1861–1936), Jewish engineer and businessman, co-founder and first, long-time mayor of Tel Aviv
- Meir Lubor Dohnal (* 1938), Czech screenwriter, dramaturge, director, actor and university professor
- Meir Eshel (* 1964; † 1993), maiden name of the Israeli artist Absalon
- Meir Jelin (1910–2000), Soviet writer who wrote in Yiddish and Lithuanian
- Meir Kahane (1932–1990), rabbi, founder of the Kach movement; radical nationalist and Zionist
- Meir Katzenellenbogen (* around 1482, † 1565; also called Meir of Padua, Maharam Padua), Jewish scholar, rabbi of Padua and Venice
- Meir Kessler (* 1961), Grand Rabbi in Modi'in Illit
- Meir Lublin (1558–1616), Polish rabbi and Talmudist
- Meir von Rothenburg (actually Meir ben Baruch von Rothenburg, also MaHaRam; * around 1215, † 1293), rabbi and Talmudic scholar
- Meir ben Simon ha-Me'ili , Halachist who worked in Narbonne in the 13th century and a sharp critic of the emerging Kabbalah
- Meir Shalev (* 1948), Israeli writer
- Meir Wiener (historian) (1819–1880), German teacher and historian
- Meir Wiener (literary scholar) (1893–1941), Polish-Austrian writer and literary scholar
- Meir Zorea (1923–1995), General of the Israel Defense Forces and Member of the Knesset
as a middle name
- Eisik Meir Dick (1807-1893), Hebrew and Yiddish writer and translator
- Israel Meir Kagan (1838–1933, called the Chafetz Chajim), ethicist and influential Eastern European rabbinical authority
- Israel Meir Lau (* 1937), Chief Rabbi of the City of Tel Aviv
- Omer Meir Wellber (* 1981), Israeli conductor
as a surname
- Eric Van Meir (* 1968), Belgian national football player (the family name is Van Meir )
- Gerhard Meir , German hairdresser and author
- Golda Meir (originally Golda Meirson, née Mabowitsch; 1898–1978), Israeli politician
- Jacob Meir (1857–1939), Sephardic Chief Rabbi in Jerusalem
- Jessica Meir (* 1977), American-Swedish astronaut
- Kalonymus ben Kalonymus ben Meïr (1286 – after 1328), Provencal Jewish author and translator; see Kalonymus ben Kalonymus
- Rabbi Meir (Hebrew Enlightener, Er 13b, also: Meascha or miracle worker ), Tannaite of the 4th generation (2nd century)
- Schlomo Jisra'el Ben Me'ir (1910–1971), Israeli lawyer, rabbi and politician
- Sharone Meir (* 1965), Israeli cameraman
- Yehuda ben Meir (also Yehuda ha-Kohen or Judah von Mainz), German rabbi, Talmud teacher and traveler of the late 10th and early 11th centuries
- Yehuda Ben-Meir (* 1939), Israeli politician, psychologist and lawyer
Further meanings:
- Meir (street) , Antwerpener Strasse
- Meir, Egyptian village; see Mair (Egypt)
- Meir (album) , an album by the Norwegian band Kvelertak
See also: