Meir Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Records tie Meir closely to Meier. Its meaning, shared with Meier, is “Steward, estate manager”.

Heraldry and the Meir name

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Meier surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

Meir and Meier

Meir drops the “e” of Meier, a simplification that clerks often made. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Other spellings include Meierkort, Meiercord and Meierkord.

Meir ranked 40,016 in the 2010 US Census, with 548 people answering to the name. That puts it among the top 50,000 US surnames. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Muir. Get the complete Meir report, with a museum-style coat of arms.