English (Lancashire): variant spelling of Mayer
1.Spanish and Jewish (Sephardic): nickname for an older man or a
distinguishing epithet for the elder of two bearers of the same
personal name, from Spanish mayor ‘older’ (Latin maior
(natus), literally ‘greater (by birth)’).Spanish and Jewish
(Sephardic): occupational or status name, from major
‘governor’, ‘chief’.Catalan: variant spelling of
Major.Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Meyer 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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