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Meyer

boy name · Yiddish origin · 2 syllables

Meaning

traditionally 'bringer of light'; a beloved early-20th-century Jewish American surname-turned-first-name

Popularity, 1890–2024

peak 1890s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Meyer peaked in the 1890s.

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