Meyers
Encyclopedia
Meyers, a variant surname
spelling of Myers
, is of both English
and German surname
origin. The German surname refers to a town magistrate. The English surname may mean "physician" (from "mire", Old French
, or "marsh" (from "myrr", Old Norse
}. There are many variant spellings. People with the surname include:
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
spelling of Myers
Myers
Myers is an English origin and German origin surname. The English surname is an early medieval patronymic meaning "son of Mayer", an occupational name for a mayor. The English surname may also have evolved from "physician" , or "marsh" . The first English public record of the surname was in 1212...
, is of both English
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
and German surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
origin. The German surname refers to a town magistrate. The English surname may mean "physician" (from "mire", Old French
Old French
Old French was the Romance dialect continuum spoken in territories that span roughly the northern half of modern France and parts of modern Belgium and Switzerland from the 9th century to the 14th century...
, or "marsh" (from "myrr", Old Norse
Old Norse
Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
}. There are many variant spellings. People with the surname include:
- Albert I. Meyers (1932–2007), American organic chemist, professor at Colorado State University
- Ann MeyersAnn MeyersAnn Meyers Drysdale is a retired American basketball player and sportscaster. She was a standout player in high school, college, the Olympic Games, international tournaments, and the professional levels.Meyers was the first player to be part of the U.S. national team while still in high school...
(born 1955), former American basketball player and current sportscaster - Ari MeyersAri MeyersAri Meyers is an actress. She is best known for her role as Emma Jane McArdle in the television series Kate & Allie .-Early years:...
(born 1969), American actress, best known from the television series Kate & Allie - Brad MeyersBrad MeyersBradley Meyers is an Australian professional rugby league footballer with the Gold Coast Titans of the National Rugby League...
(born 1980), Australian National Rugby League player - Charles M. Meyers, park keeper and early designer of Washington Park in Portland, Oregon
- Charley Meyers, one of the founders of Weaver Aircraft Company of OhioWaco Aircraft CompanyThe Waco Aircraft Company was an aircraft manufacturer located in Troy, Ohio, USA. Between 1919 and 1947, the company produced a wide range of civilian biplanes....
- Chief MeyersChief MeyersJohn Tortes "Chief" Meyers was a Major League Baseball catcher for the New York Giants, Boston Braves, and Brooklyn Robins from 1909 to 1917. He played on the early Giants teams under manager John McGraw and was the primary catcher for Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson...
(1880–1971), Major League Baseball catcher from 1909 to 1917 - Dave MeyersDave Meyers (director)David "Dave" Meyers is an American music video director.-Career:Meyers has directed over 200 music videos including: P!nk's "There You Go", "Most Girls", "You Make Me Sick", "Get The Party Started", "Don't Let Me Get Me", "Feel Good Time", "Stupid Girls", "U + Ur Hand", "So What", "Please Don't...
, American music video director - Françoise Meyers, granddaughter of Eugène SchuellerEugène SchuellerEugène Schueller was the founder of L'Oréal, the world's leading company in cosmetics and beauty.- Career with L'Oréal :...
and member of the L'Oréal board of directors - Gerald C. MeyersGerald C. MeyersGerald C. Meyers, former chairman and CEO of American Motors Corporation is an industrialist, author, lecturer, and management consultant.-Career:...
, American industrialist, former Chairman of American Motors Corporation - Glenford J. Myers, computer scientist, an author of a number of books.
- Jerry MeyersJerry MeyersJerry Meyers was named the head baseball coach at Old Dominion University after the 2004 college baseball season. He spent the previous eight seasons as the pitching coach the University of South Carolina under Ray Tanner....
(born 1965), head baseball coach at Old Dominion University, 2004–present - Joel MeyersJoel MeyersJoel Meyers is an American sportscaster and former play-by-play announcer of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association on Fox Sports West and KCAL. Meyers left the Lakers at the end of the 2010-2011 season when the team did not renew his contract.-Career:Meyers joined the Lakers...
, American sportscaster, current play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers - Jonathan Rhys Meyers (born 1977), Irish actor
- Joseph E. Meyers I (born 1976), American computer programmer and College Instructor
- Josh Meyers (ice hockey)Josh Meyers (ice hockey)Josh Meyers is an American professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for the Abbotsford Heat in the American Hockey League...
(born 1985), American professional ice hockey player - Josh MeyersJosh MeyersJoshua Dylan "Josh" Meyers is an American actor, known for being a cast member of the sketch comedy MADtv and playing Randy Pearson in the eighth and final season of That '70s Show...
(born 1976), American actor and comedian, cast member of the American sketch comedy show MADtv - Krystal MeyersKrystal MeyersKrystal Meyers is an American Christian rock / Contemporary Christian singer-songwriter and musician...
(born 1988), American Christian rock musician - Marilyn MeyersMarilyn MeyersMarilyn Meyers served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim to Burma from September 1994 to October 1996.-External links:* http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/com/10404.htm...
, Chargé d'Affaires ad interim to Burma from September 1994 - October 1996 - Mike Meyers (baseball)Mike Meyers (baseball)Michael Gregory "Mike" Meyers was raised in Tillsonburg, Ontario and is a former professional baseball pitcher who played in the Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, and Milwaukee Brewers organizations from to ....
(born 1977), Canadian professional baseball player - Nancy MeyersNancy MeyersNancy Jane Meyers is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. She is the writer, producer and director of several big-screen successes, including The Parent Trap , Something's Gotta Give , The Holiday , and It's Complicated...
(born 1949), American film director, producer, and screenwriter - Scott MeyersScott MeyersScott Douglas Meyers is an American author and software consultant, specializing in the C++ computer programming language. He is known for his Effective C++ book series. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and trade shows. He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from Brown University and M.S...
, American author of several books on object oriented programming - Seth MeyersSeth MeyersSeth Adam Meyers is an American actor and comedian. He currently serves as head writer for Saturday Night Live and hosts its news parody segment Weekend Update.-Early life:...
(born 1973), American actor and comedian, cast member of Saturday Night Live - Sidney MeyersSidney MeyersSidney Meyers was an American film director and editor.Sidney Meyers is best known for two documentary films: The Quiet One, which he wrote and directed, and for which he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay; and British Academy of Film and Television Arts winner The Savage Eye,...
(1906–1969), American film director and editor - William M. ColmerWilliam M. ColmerWilliam Meyers Colmer was a Mississippi politician.Colmer was born in Moss Point, Mississippi, and attended Millsaps College...
(middle name, Meyers) (1890–1980), Mississippi politician - Captain W. J. Meyers (?-1925), captain of the SS CotopaxiSS CotopaxiThe SS Cotopaxi was a tramp steamer named after the Cotopaxi stratovolcano. She vanished in December 1925, while en route from Charleston, South Carolina, USA, to Havana, Cuba, with all hands.-Description:Cotopaxi was a cargo ship of 2,351 GRT...
when it sank in 1925 - John Meyers, better known as Johnny WeaverJohnny WeaverKenneth Eugene Weaver was a professional wrestler and wrestling commentator in the National Wrestling Alliance, better known by his ring name, Johnny Weaver...
, professional wrestler and wrestling commentator - Lisa Meyers, wife of Kris KristoffersonKris KristoffersonKristoffer "Kris" Kristofferson is an American musician, actor, and writer. He is known for hits such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night"...
- Nina Palmquist Meyers, wife of Earl WarrenEarl WarrenEarl Warren was the 14th Chief Justice of the United States.He is known for the sweeping decisions of the Warren Court, which ended school segregation and transformed many areas of American law, especially regarding the rights of the accused, ending public-school-sponsored prayer, and requiring...
- Richard Meyers (born 1949), better known as Richard HellRichard HellRichard Hell is a singer, songwriter, bass guitarist, and writer.Richard Hell was an innovator of punk music and fashion. He was one of the first to spike his hair and wear torn, cut and drawn-on shirts, often held together with safety pins...
, American punk-rock singer, songwriter, and bass guitarist - Roger Meyers, Sr., fictional founder of Itchy and Scratchy Studios
- William "Billy" Meyers, "policy dealer" (numbers racketeer) investigated by the Lexow CommitteeLexow CommitteeLexow Committee . The name given to a major New York State Senate probe into police corruption in New York City. The Lexow Committee inquiry, which took its name from the Committee's chairman, State Senator Clarence Lexow, was the widest-ranging of several such commissions empaneled during the...
in New York, 1894–1895 - William H. Meyers, husband to Countess Marie Larisch von MoennichCountess Marie Larisch von MoennichCountess Marie Louise Larisch von Moennich was...
See also
- Meyers Konversations-LexikonMeyers Konversations-LexikonMeyers Konversations-Lexikon or Meyers Lexikon was a major German encyclopedia that existed in various editions, and several titles, from 1839 until 1984, when it merged with the Brockhaus encyclopedia....
, a major German encyclopedia that existed from 1839 until 1984 - MyersMyersMyers is an English origin and German origin surname. The English surname is an early medieval patronymic meaning "son of Mayer", an occupational name for a mayor. The English surname may also have evolved from "physician" , or "marsh" . The first English public record of the surname was in 1212...
, MeyerMeyer- Companies :* Meyer Corporation* Fred Meyer, Inc., American hypermarket chain; currently a subsidiary of Kroger* Meyer Sound Laboratories- Places :* Meyer Township, Michigan* Meyer, Illinois, unincorporated community in Adams County, Illinois, USA...
, Von MeyerVon MeyerVon Meyer may refer to:* von Meyer, Christian Erich Hermann , German palaeontologist, see m:de:Hermann von Meyer* von Meyer, Gustav Ritter , Bavarian politician, see m:de:Gustav Ritter von Meyer...
, MeierMeier- People :* Meier, Carl A., a Swiss psychiatrist, Jungian Psychologist* Meier, Barbara, German model, most known for winning the third cycle of Germany's Next Topmodel* Meier, Bernd, German football goalkeeper* Meier, Billy, UFO contactee...
, MyerMyer (disambiguation)Myer is a department store that operates Australia-wideMyer may refer to:* Myer Centre, Adelaide, a building in Adelaide* Myer Centre, Brisbane, a Shopping centre in Brisbane* Fort Myer, a U.S...
, MeyrMeyrMeyr is a surname, and may refer to:* Melchior Meyr, German poet, novelist and philosopher* Wilhelm Meyr, Jesuit missionary, died at sea in 1699 or 1700 during a voyage with Johann Ernst Hanxleden to the Middle East and Asia- See also :...
, MayerMayer- Surnames :* Adolf Mayer , a German-Dutch virologist* Albrecht Mayer , a German classical oboist* Alfred G. Mayer , an American cnidariologist and entomologist* Arno J...
, MayrMayrMayr in a German surname which may refer to:* Ernst Walter Mayr , German American evolutionary biologist* Gustav Mayr , Austrian entomologist * Simon Marius , German astronomer...
, MaierMaierMaier is a surname, and may refer to:* Bernhard Maier* Jacob Maier, American radio announcer and the host of Jake in the Morning on KSKK 94.7 FM.* Jeanette Maier, associate to David Vitter.* Jeffrey Maier* Johann Maier von Eck* Henry W...
, MeirMeirMeir is a Jewish given name and surname.Meir can also refer to:In places:* Meir Park, Tel Aviv, a public park* Meir, Egypt* Meir, Staffordshire, England* Meire Grove, Minnesota, USAPeople:...
, MairMairMair may refer to:* in the German language and Yiddish language, deriving from Latin maior*Mair is also a Welsh given name meaning Mary.People with the surname Mair in German context:*Paulus Hector Mair , an Augsburg civil servant...
, MeyersonMeyerson- People :* Charlie Meyerson, American journalist* Émile Meyerson, Polish-born French chemist and philosopher of science* Golda Meyerson, American-born Israeli politician, born Golda Mabovitch, married Morris Meyerson, Hebraicized their last name to Meir...
, MyersonMyersonMyerson can refer to:* Adam Myerson, professional bicycle racer* Bess Myerson, former Miss America and TV personality* Dean Myerson, American Green Party politician* Jonathan Myerson, dramatist, writing principally for television and radio...
and German family name etymologyGerman family name etymologyGerman family names were introduced during the late Middle Ages in the German language area. Usually, such family names are derived from nicknames. In etymology, they are generally classified into four groups, based on the origin of a nickname: given names, job designations, bodily attributes, and...