# Myer

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #38,986

## Definitions
1. A surname
2. A male given name.

## Etymology
* As an English surname of Norman/French origin, from the archaic noun mire (“physician”). Compare Mee, Mayer.
* As an English topographic surname, from mire (“marsh”), from Old Norse mýrr.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Meyer, Mayer, Maier.

## Easily confused with
- **myth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/myer-vs-myth)
- **Myra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/myer-vs-myra)
- **Myers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/myer-vs-myers)
- **Myles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/myer-vs-myles)
- **myrrh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/myer-vs-myrrh)
- **my** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/my-vs-myer)
- **ME** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/me-vs-myer)
- **Mr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mr-vs-myer)
- **men** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/men-vs-myer)
- **met** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/met-vs-myer)
- **mar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mar-vs-myer)
- **med** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/med-vs-myer)
- **mel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mel-vs-myer)
- **moe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moe-vs-myer)
- **meh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meh-vs-myer)
- **Mei** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mei-vs-myer)
- **mir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mir-vs-myer)
- **mer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mer-vs-myer)
- **MOR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mor-vs-myer)
- **MEP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mep-vs-myer)

## Common misspellings (6)
`meyr`, `mmyer`, `myerr`, `myre`, `myyer`, `ymer`

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