What is "meyers"

Meyers is a surname of English origin, many branches of the Meyers family trace their origins to Anglo-Saxon England. The name is derived from the Old English name maire, meaning Mayor, or an officer in charge of legal matters. The English surname may also mean "physician" (from "mire", Old French, or "marsh" (from "myrr", Old Norse}.

In the form "Meyer" the surname can be of Jewish and German origin, deriving from the German word "meiger", meaning Mayor, the name likely traces its origins to a wealthy landholder. Among German Jews, "Meyer" converged with the etymologically unconnected name " Meir", which is derived from Hebrew.

Meyers is a common surname, and may also refer to:

In fictional characters:

• Professor Alex Meyers, character played by Christine Taylor in The Professor, a 2006 episode of the TV series My Name Is Earl
• Mort Meyers, a character played by Jeff Garlin in TV series Arrested Development
• Roger Meyers, Sr., a character in the American animated TV series The Simpsons
• Takuto Meyers (タクト マイヤーズ, Takuto Maiyaazu), protagonist of the manga and video-game series Galaxy Angel

In places:

• Meyers, California, in El Dorado County
• Meyers Chuck, Alaska, USA, census-designated place
• Meyers Corners, hamlet in the town of Bethlehem, New York, USA
• Meyers Lake, Ohio, USA, village
• Meyers Place, California (disambiguation), multiple locations
• Meyers Nunatak, nunatak in Antarctica

In other uses:

• Meyers Aircraft Company, in USA
  • Meyers 200, light aircraft
• Meyers Farm, in the Hanover Zoo, in Hanover, Germany
• Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, German encyclopedia
• Meyers Manx, dune buggy
• Albertus L. Meyers Bridge, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
• Keith & Meyers Dry Goods Store, original location of the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, USA
• Lock 9 Meyers, Trent-Severn Waterway
• Thorvald Meyers gate, main street, Grünerløkka, Oslo, Norway

In common misspellings:

• Bristol-Myers Squibb, an American pharmaceutical corporation
• Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company, an American tobacco company currently known as the Liggett Group
• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, a personality indicator designed to identify personal preferences