The Meyers Family Name

Anyone researching Meyers should also look under Meyer. The name is usually explained as “Steward or tenant farmer”. The extra ending in Meyers is patronymic: it identified a person as belonging to Meyer's family. You may also find the name written Meiers, Meyr and Meyerkord.

About 57,127 people in the United States were recorded as Meyers in 2010, placing it 586 on the national list. French birth records list 285 children named Meyers between 1891 and 2000. Meyers sounds close to Myers, so it can help to search both.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Meyers, so the heraldry linked to Meyer is a starting point, not an automatic right. Want more than a summary? See the Meyers family name pack.