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Maier

What does Maier mean?

Maier Pronunciation of Maier as a boys' name means "farmer; bright, shining; larger". Maier is an alternate spelling of Mayer (German, Hebrew, Latin): Latin variant spelling of Major.

STARTS WITH Ma-

ASSOCIATED WITH farmer, bright

Variations

VARIANTS Myer, Meyer, Meir

CREATIVE FORMS
(male) Moier, ..

(female) Maie, ..


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Maier Jamal (M.J.), ..

How popular is Maier?

Maier is an uncommonly occurring given name for men but a very prominent last name for all people (#2385 out of 150436, Top 2%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Which version is better?

Meir (#1094 LAST YEAR), Meyer and Myer are the popular varying forms of Maier (NOT RANKED) appearing in the Top 2000. Adoption of these forms of Maier was more pronounced during the years 1910-1919 (AVERAGE #1116) and has become much diminished since, with the form Meyer becoming less trendy. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Meir, Meyer, Myer in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Maier and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Maier is pronounced similarly to Mar, Mar-, Marr, Mayeer, Mayor, Meier, More and Muir. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Bailer, Baker, Faber, Fajer, Gaer, Gainer, Haider, Havier, Jader, Javier, Kaiser, Lanier, Lazer, Mace, Maceo, Macey, Magee, Mahir, Maik, Maither, Majed, Majer, Major, Makar, Malek, Marek, Mareo, Mariner, Marmer, Mateo, Mather, Maxey, Maxie, Mayes, Mazor, Miner, Nader, Nailer, Napier, Naser, Ogier, Osier, Rafer, Rainer, Ranier, Saber, Sayer, Taber, Tailer, Tanier, Xavier and Zavier. These names tend to be more frequently used than Maier.

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