Meir

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

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Middle

• 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

• 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

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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