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Maier.

a surname originating as an occupation, variant of Meier

5 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

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  1. a surname originating as an occupation, variant of Meier

    feminine · masculine · proper-noun · surname
Where this word comes from

* Variant of Meier (Meyer, Mayer). * Also Germanized from Czech, Slovene, Serbo-Croatian, Hungarian Majer, Májer, itself borrowed from the obsolete German majer (“bailiff, steward”), from Latin maior (“greater”), related to the above.

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