# Mayer

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #13,194

## Definitions
1. A surname from German.
2. A census-designated place in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States.
3. A city in Carver County, Minnesota, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Potter County, Texas, United States.
5. A town in northern Syria.

## Etymology
* As an English surname, variant of Mear, from the noun mere (both senses).
* Also as an English surname, from Middle English mire, a borrowing from archaic French mire (“physician”). Compare Myer.
* Also as an English name, from the noun mayor. Compare Mayor, Mair.
* As a German and Dutch surname, variant of Meyer, Myers.
* Also as a Dutch surname, variant of Maijer, from the noun maaier (“mower, reaper”).
* As a French Canadian surname, variant of Maille, itself of Breton origin, from the adjective maget (“nourished”), from Proto-Celtic *maketi (“to raise”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (“long, to raise”).

## Easily confused with
- **mer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mayer-vs-mer)
- **mayo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mayer-vs-mayo)
- **maze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mayer-vs-maze)
- **Mays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mayer-vs-mays)
- **Myer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mayer-vs-myer)
- **meer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mayer-vs-meer)
- **mayor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mayer-vs-mayor)
- **meter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mayer-vs-meter)
- **Myers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mayer-vs-myers)
- **Meyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mayer-vs-meyer)
- **miner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mayer-vs-miner)
- **Mixer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mayer-vs-mixer)
- **mover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mayer-vs-mover)
- **mower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mayer-vs-mower)
- **Meier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mayer-vs-meier)
- **mayne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mayer-vs-mayne)
- **moser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mayer-vs-moser)
- **mazes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mayer-vs-mazes)
- **Mayes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mayer-vs-mayes)
- **miser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mayer-vs-miser)

## Common misspellings (7)
`amyer`, `maeyr`, `mayerr`, `mayre`, `mayyer`, `mmayer`, `myaer`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mayer