Myer

Where Myer comes from

* As an English surname of Norman/French origin, from the archaic noun mire (“physician”). Compare Mee, Mayer. * As an English topographic surname, from mire (“marsh”), from Old Norse mýrr. * As a German surname, Americanized from Meyer, Mayer, Maier.
— Wiktionary's entry for Myer
Along the way
  1. 1878
    Myer Prinstein born
    American track athlete
  2. 1893
    First appearance
    #907 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1912
    Peak, #765
    32 babies named Myer — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1914
    Myer Feldman born
    American writer
  5. 1922
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,143.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Myer Prinstein · American track athlete, 1878–1925
  • Myer Feldman · American writer, 1914–2007
  • Myer S. Kripke · rabbi, 1914–2014
  • Myer Bloom · Canadian physicist, 1928–2016
  • Myer Rosenblum · Australian rugby union footballer, hammer thrower and lawyer, 1907–2002

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.