The German and Dutch surname Meyer is derived from the Middle High German term meier, a status name for a steward, bailiff, or overseer, which later came to be used also to denote a tenant farmer. Originally it denoted a village headman (ultimately from Latin maior  meaning “greater or superior.” A notable bearer of the name Meyer is Bernhard Meyer the noted 18th Century German physician and naturalist. 

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