<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Other names </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Variant (s) </Th> <Td> Myers, Myars, Miares, Myeres </Td> </Tr> <P> Meyers is a surname of English origin; many branches of the Meyers family trace their origins to Anglo - Saxon England . The name is derived from the Old English name Maire, meaning "mayor", or an officer in charge of legal matters . The English surname may also mean "physician" (from mire, Old French), or "marsh" (from myrr, Old Norse). </P> <P> In the form Meyer the surname can be of Jewish and German origin, deriving from the German word meiger, meaning "mayor"; the name likely traces its origins to a wealthy landholder . Among German Jews, "Meyer" converged with the etymologically unconnected name "Meir", which is derived from Hebrew . </P>

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