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What does Mayor mean?
Mayor 
as a name for boys is of Latin derivation, and the name Mayor means "greater; farmer; bright one". Mayor is an alternate form of Major (Latin). Mayor is also a derivative of Meyer (German, Hebrew): architect Richard Meier.
Variations
VARIANTS Myer, Meir, Meier, Mayer, Mayeer
OTHER FORM VIA MAJOR, MEYER Majer
CREATIVE FORMS(male) Magor, ..
(female) Mayora, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Mayor Rocco (M.R.), ..
How popular is Mayor?
Mayor is an uncommonly occurring given name for males but a very prominent surname for all people (#13137 out of 150436, Top 9%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Which version is better?
Prominent alternative forms of Mayor (OUTSIDE TOP 2000) appearing in the Top 2000 are Major (#350 VIA LATEST LIST), Meir (#1094), Meyer and Myer. Other variants, like Mayeer, are seldom used. These forms of Mayor were popular with parents less than a decade ago (AVERAGE #1360) and have remained as common to this day (#1361, DOWN 5.6%), but with the version Meyer becoming less trendy. Major is the most fashionable baby name in this compilation. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Similar Names
Mayor is pronounced similarly to Maier, Mar, Mar-, Marr, Moore, More and Muir. Other recommended sound-alike names are Baylor▲, Gabor, Gaylor, Gaynor, Mabon, Macon, Madoc, Madog, Madox, Mahir, Makar, Malory, Mano, Manoa, Maro, Marom, Mason▲, Masos, Mayes, Mayne, Maynor, Mayo, Mays, Mazor, Menor, Minor▼, Mynor, Naylor, Nazor, Pryor, Raynor, Tabor, Talor, Tavor, Taybor, Taylor▼ and Zaylor. These names tend to be more frequently used than Mayor.
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