# Myers

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈmaɪə(ɹ)z/ · frequency rank #10,730

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Nicholas County, Kentucky, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Treasure County, Montana, United States.

## Etymology
* As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Meidhir (“descendant of Meidhir”), named based on meidhir (“mirth”).
* As an English surname, variant of Myer.
* Also as an English surname, the noun mire.
* As a Dutch and German surname, Americanized from Meyers, Mayers, Meyer, Mayer.

## Easily confused with
- **Myra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/myers-vs-myra)
- **myths** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/myers-vs-myths)
- **Myles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/myers-vs-myles)
- **myrrh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/myers-vs-myrrh)
- **Mrs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mrs-vs-myers)
- **mer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mer-vs-myers)
- **mes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mes-vs-myers)
- **mess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mess-vs-myers)
- **mars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mars-vs-myers)
- **mere** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mere-vs-myers)
- **mets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mets-vs-myers)
- **mens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mens-vs-myers)
- **Merc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merc-vs-myers)
- **Myer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/myer-vs-myers)
- **mews** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mews-vs-myers)
- **meer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meer-vs-myers)
- **MERS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mers-vs-myers)
- **Merv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merv-vs-myers)
- **meets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meets-vs-myers)
- **Meyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meyer-vs-myers)

## Common misspellings (8)
`meyrs`, `mmyers`, `myerrs`, `myerss`, `myesr`, `myres`, `myyers`, `ymers`

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