Meir



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

Meanings

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.

Famous People: 110 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
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