Meir
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Meir is a Jewish masculine given name and an occasional surname. It means "one who shines"[1] It is often Germanized or Anglicized as Mayer, Meyer, or Myer.[2] 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 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
- Yisrael 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
See also
References
- ↑ Anita Diamant, The New Jewish Baby Book: Names, Ceremonies, Customs: A Guide for Today's Families (Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights Publishing, 1993).
- ↑ Alfred J. Kolatch, These Are The Names (New York: Jonathan David Co., 1948), p. 157 and p. 160.
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