Meir (name)
Meir is a Jewish masculine given name, and an occasional surname. There are variants and alternate spellings. 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 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 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
Middle
Surname
- Golda Meir (1898—1978), a founder of the modern State of Israel and one of its first Prime Ministers
- Jessica Meir, comparative physiology researcher and aquanaut
See also
- Meyr, Meier, Meyer, Maier, Mayer, Mair, Mayr, Mair, Mier, Myer, Von Meyer,
- Myers, Meyers
- Meyerson, Myerson
- German family name etymology
- List of Jewish surnames