Miera meaning | Last name Miera origin

A variant of Meyer. German meier, a steward, bailiff, tenant of a farm, or farmer.

A variant of Mayer. A mayor, chief officer of a municipality. Other countries have the same surname: e.g. German Meier; Du. Meyer; French Lemaire, etc.

Miera is a form of Mayer. Mauger, archbishop of Rouen, uncle to William the Conqueror, in consequence of great irregularities, abdicated his see and settled in the island of Guernsey. There he met with a lady of great beauty called Gisella or Guille, with whom, without the sanction of the Church, he formed an intimacy that resulted in a numerous progeny, some of whom took their father's, others their mother's name. "Hence," observes a correspondent, "Guilles and Maugers are as plentiful as black berries in the Channel Islands." From one of the family sprang Sir Matthias Mayer or Mayor, a Jerseyman, and a soldier under Henry VII who obtained agrant of arms and was lineal ancestor of R. Major, Esq., of Hurdsley, county of Hants, whose daughter Dorothy married Richard, afterwards Lord Protector Cromwell. The Maugers were very prominent in the early history of the Channel Islands.

Miera is the variant form of Myer. An overseer, or head servant; later, farmer.

The surname Miera is the variation of Maier. An overseer or head servant; later, a farmer; one who cut and gathered grain, a reaper.

Is the variant form of the Meyer. An overseer, or head servant; later, a farmer; derived from the Hebrew me'ir meaning "light".

The family name is variation of Meyer. Farmer, baliff, seneschal, mayor.

A variation of Miers. See Myers - See Meyer, Meyers - German meier, a steward, bailiff, tenant of a farm, or farmer.