Forename Meir

In the world, Meir (מאיר , Meir , Меир , along with others...) is quite a rare primarily masculine, but scarcely girly first name. The forename Meir is characteristic of Israel, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Moldova, and Lithuania. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in the United States, Israel, and Kazakhstan. Likewise, Meir is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Meir

VARIANT	COUNTRY
מאיר	Israel
Meir	Belgium, Israel, United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Меир	Kazakhstan, Russia, Lithuania, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan
梅尔	China
مائير	Morocco
メイル, メイア	Japan

First names said to be same

Mare, Mayer, Me'Ir, Meier, Meiri, Meirr, Mer, Mere, Meri, Meyer, Meyr, Meîr, Meïr, Miere, Mus, Méir, Méïr, Айзик, Майер, Мейер, Мейр, Меір, Меїр, Мэир, ماير, میر, เมียร์, メイヤー, 妹儿, 妹兒, 妹尔, 娒儿, 媚儿, 媚兒, 媚尔, 媺儿, 寐儿, 昧儿, 昧兒, 枚儿, 梅儿, 梅兒, 湄儿, 玫儿, 玫尔, 珻儿, 眉儿, 眛兒, 美儿, 美兒,

First name Meir in the context

Meir is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Mel , the fictional character from the video game The Last of Us Part II; Mel Jones , the character from Coraline; Mel Bush , the Doctor Who character; Merle Dixon , the fictional character, The Walking Dead and Merle , the character from Pete's Dragon, among other works.

Notable namesakes

	meir ben isaak (b. 1050)
	meir ben samuel rabbi (b. 1060)
	meir ben isaac sheliʼaḥ ẓibbur DE (b. 1100)
	meir ben simon ha-me’ili French rabbi, FR (b. 1200)
	meir von rothenburg German rabbi, DE (b. 1215)
	meir ben solomon abi-sahula (b. 1255)
	meir ben isaac aldabi ES (b. 1310)
	meir ben ezekiel ibn gabbai Spanish rabbi, ES (b. 1480)
	meir katzenellenbogen Italian rabbi, DE (b. 1482)
	meir lublin Polish rabbi, PL (b. 1558)
	meir schiff der jüngere German rabbi and Talmud scholar, DE (b. 1608)
	meir eisenstadt rabbi, PL (b. 1670)
	meir stern German rabbi, DE (b. 1650)
	meir neumark (b. 1688)
	meir fischels (b. 1703)