Gender:
Origin:
Hebrew
110 famous people named Meir found on Wikipedia.
2995 male in US.
Most recent ranking:
1094-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
1094-th in year 2018
Used in: Hebrew
Meir is a Jewish masculine given name and an occasional surname. It means "one who shines" It is often Germanized or Anglicized as Mayer, Meyer, or Myer. Notable people with the name include:
Given name:
Rabbi Meir, Jewish sage who lived in the time of the Talmud
Meir Amit (1921–2009), Israeli general and politician
Meir Ariel, Israeli singer/songwriter
Meir Bar-Ilan (1880–1949), rabbi and Religious Zionism leader
Meir Ben Baruch (1215–1293) aka Meir of Rothenburg, a German rabbi, poet, and author
Meir Daloya (born 1956), Olympic weightlifter
Meir Dizengoff (1861–1936), Israeli politician
Meir Har-Zion, Israeli commando fighter
Meir Kahane (1932–1990), rabbi and political activist
Meir Lublin (1558–1616), Polish rabbi, Talmudist and Posek
Meir Nitzan, the mayor of Rishon-LeZion, Israel
Meir Pa'il (1926–2015), Israeli politician and military historian
Meir Shalev, Israeli writer
Meir Shamgar (born 1925), Israeli President of the Israeli Supreme Court
Meir Shapiro (1887–1933), Hasidic Rabbi and creator of the Daf Yomi
Meir Simcha of Dvinsk (1843–1926), rabbi and leader of Orthodox Judaism in Eastern Europe
Meir Zorea (1923–1995), Israeli general and politician
Meir Sheetrit, a current Israeli Knesset member for the Kadima party
Meir Tobianski (1904-1948)
Israel Meir Kagan (1838–1933), Polish rabbi, Halakhist and ethicist
Yisrael Meir Lau, the Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv, Israel
Yitzchak Meir Alter (1798(?)–1866), Polish rabbi and founder of the Ger (Hasidic dynasty) within Hasidic Judaism
Surname:
Elchanan Meir (born 1936), Israeli psychologist
Gideon Meir, Israeli diplomat
Golda Meir (1898–1978), a founder of the modern State of Israel, Hebraicized from Meyerson
Jessica Meir, comparative physiology researcher and aquanaut
Nati Meir (born 1955), Romanian politician
Localities
Meir, Antwerp, shopping street in Antwerp, Belgium]}
Meir, Staffordshire
He who illuminates, giving light.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Golda Meir | 1898 | Prime minister of Israel |
2 | Meir Kahane | 1932 | American/Israeli political activist and rabbi |
3 | Meir Dagan | 1945 | Israeli general and spy |
4 | Jessica Meir | 1977 | American marine biologist and astronaut candidate |
5 | Meir Zarchi | 1937 | Israeli film director |
6 | Meir Har-Zion | 1934 | Israeli paratrooper |
7 | Meir Amit | 1921 | Israeli politician |
8 | Rabbi Meir | 0101 | |
9 | Meir Tobianski | 1904 | Israeli, wrongly executed for treason 1948, posthumously rehabilitated 1949 |
10 | Meir Weinstein | Canadian activist | |
11 | Meir Shalev | 1948 | Israeli writer |
12 | Meir Dizengoff | 1861 | Zionist politician |
13 | Meir of Rothenburg | 1215 | German rabbi |
14 | Meir Banai | 1961 | Israeli singer |
15 | Meir Soloveichik | 1977 | American rabbi |
16 | Meir Sheetrit | 1948 | Israeli politician |
17 | Meir Shapiro | 1887 | Rabbi, rosh yeshiva |
18 | Meir Ariel | 1942 | Israeli musician |
19 | Meir Vilner | 1918 | Israeli communist politician |
20 | Eric Van Meir | 1968 | Belgian footballer |
21 | Meir Pa'il | 1926 | Israeli politician |
22 | Meir Porush | 1955 | Israeli politician |
23 | Meir ben Isaac Katzenellenbogen | 1482 | Italian rabbi |
24 | Meir Simcha of Dvinsk | 1843 | Lithuanian rabbi |
25 | Meir Zlotowitz | 1943 | Rabbi |
26 | Meir Feinstein | 1927 | Israeli activist |
27 | Meir Bar-Ilan | 1880 | Israeli rabbi |
28 | Meir Shamgar | 1925 | Israeli judge |
29 | Meir Wilchek | 1935 | Israeli biochemist |
30 | Meir Abulafia | 1165 | Spanish rabbi |
31 | Meir Max Bineth | 1917 | Israeli Spy |
32 | Meir Tapiro | 1975 | Israeli basketball player |
33 | Meir Zorea | 1923 | Israeli politician |
34 | Meir Yitzhak Halevi | 1953 | Israeli politician |
35 | Meir Balaban | 1877 | Polish historian |
36 | Meir Eisenstadt | 1670 | Rabbi |
37 | Meir Javedanfar | Israeli journalist | |
38 | Meir Lublin | 1558 | Polish rabbi |
39 | Meir Shahar | 1959 | Scholar of Asian studies |
40 | Jacob Meir | 1856 | Chief rabbis of HaYeshuv |
41 | Meir Brandsdorfer | 1934 | Rabbi |
42 | Meir Sternberg | ||
43 | Meir Rosenne | 1931 | Israeli diplomat |
44 | Meir Finkelstein | 1951 | American composer |
45 | Meir Lichtenstein | Mayor of Lakewood Township, New Jersey, 2006 | |
46 | Meir Avizohar | 1923 | Israeli politician |
47 | Meir Ya'ari | 1897 | Israeli politician |
48 | Meir Argov | 1905 | Israeli politician |
49 | Meir Auerbach | 1815 | President:Jewish court/Koło/author of "Imrei Bina" |
50 | Meir Mazuz | 1945 | Israeli rabbi |
51 | Meir Einstein | 1951 | Israeli sports broadcaster |
52 | Nati Meir | 1955 | Romanian politician |
53 | Gideon Meir | Israeli diplomat | |
54 | Meir Fund | American rabbi | |
55 | Meir Wieseltier | 1941 | Israeli poet |
56 | Meir Friedmann | 1831 | Austro-Hungarian Jewish scholar |
57 | Rivka Bertisch Meir | 1941 | Psychologist |
58 | Meir Just | 1908 | Dutch rabbi |
59 | Meir David Loewenstein | 1904 | Israeli politician |
60 | Yehuda HaKohen ben Meir | 1000 | German Talmudic Rabbi |
61 | Meir Pichhadze | 1955 | Painter |
62 | Meir Nakar | 1926 | |
63 | Meir ben Samuel | Rabbi | |
64 | Meir Arik | 1855 | Famous Galician Torah scholar |
65 | Meir Kessler | 1961 | Rabbi |
66 | Meir Rekhavi | 1962 | British rabbi |
67 | Meir Nitzan | 1932 | Israeli politician |
68 | Meir Eisenstaedter | 1780 | Hungarian rabbi |
69 | Meir Wahl | Polish rabbi | |
70 | Meir Ashkenazi | Ukrainian explorer | |
71 | Meir ben Ezekiel ibn Gabbai | 1480 | Spanish rabbi |
72 | Meir Meivar | 1918 | Israeli general |
73 | Meir ben Judah Leib Poppers | 1624 | Ottoman rabbi |
74 | Meir Doron | 1954 | Israeli writer and journalist |
75 | Meir Tamari | 1927 | Israeli economist |
76 | Meir Atlas | 1848 | Rabbi of numerous communities in pre-World War II Europe/one of the founders of the Telz Yeshiva |
77 | Yigal Meir | Condensed Matter Physicist | |
78 | Meir Segal | ||
79 | Meir Talmi | 1909 | Israeli politician |
80 | Meir Shiff | 1608 | |
81 | Meir Cohen | 1972 | Israeli footballer |
82 | Meir Barad | 1949 | |
83 | Elchanan Meir | 1936 | Full professor from the Department of Psychological at the Tel Aviv University |
84 | Meir Dan Plotzky | 1866 | POlish rabbi |
85 | Guido Van Meir | 1947 | Belgian playwright, writer and columnist |
86 | Meir Blinken | 1879 | Ukrainian writer |
87 | Meir Cohen-Avidov | 1926 | Israeli politician |
88 | Sharone Meir | 1965 | |
89 | Meir Minsky | 1949 | Conductor |
90 | Meir Gabay | 1989 | Israeli footballer |
91 | Meir Margalit | 1906 | Israeli actor |
92 | Meir Shmuel Gabay | 1933 | Israeli civil servant |
93 | Meir bar Hiyya Rofe | ||
94 | Meir Rauch | 1909 | Israeli chess player |
95 | Meir Ben Margi | 1973 | |
96 | Raz Meir | 1996 | |
97 | Meir ibn Aldabi | ||
98 | Meir Randegger | 1780 | Austrian rabbi |
99 | Meir Shlomo Yanovsky | ||
100 | Meir HaKohen | German Rabbi | |
101 | Meir Yoeli | 1912 | |
102 | Meir Winer | 1893 | Russian literary historian, author and writer |
103 | Meir Dohnal | 1938 | Czech scriptwriter |
104 | Meir Agassi | 1947 | Israeli writer and painter |
105 | Meir Jacob Kister | 1914 | Israeli university teacher (1914-2010) |
106 | Meir Kohn | 1946 | American economist |
107 | Meir Itzhaki | Footballer | |
108 | Meir Stern | German rabbi | |
109 | Meir ben Simon ha-Me’ili | French rabbi | |
110 | Meir Daloya | 1956 |