Mayor - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Mayor \ma-yor\ is a variant of Major (Latin) and Meyer (German, Hebrew), and the meaning of Mayor is "greater; farmer; bright one".

The baby name Mayor sounds like Mayer, Maro, Marr, Mar, Myer, Maier and Mayeer. Other similar baby names are Maynor, Mayo and Mazor.

Mayor is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#12780 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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