Name meaning & stats
Meir
Meir means “one who shines”. 4,612 US babies since 1940, peak 2024.
What it means
“one who shines”
Well documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2024
4,612 US babies were named Meir between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Meir (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 62% of the family
- Meir 62%
- Mihir 20%
- Mir 7%
- Myer 7%
- Myheir 3%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2024)