Meyr Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Ask a genealogist about Meyr and the first name they will mention is Meyer. At root, the name means “Steward or tenant farmer”. Meyr drops the “e” of Meyer, a shortening that clerks often made. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. The same family of names includes Meyers, Meyerkord and Meyercord.

In the 2010 US Census, 206 Americans gave Meyr as their last name (rank 89,753).

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Meyr, so the heraldry linked to Meyer is a starting point, not an automatic right. For the full story, order the Meyr surname pack.