Meter Family History
Meter Name Meaning
Dutch: occupational name literally ‘measurer’ denoting an official responsible for dispensing grain from a central warehouse from an agent derivative of Middle Dutch meten ‘measure out’. German: from French Lemaître ‘the master’ (see Lemaitre ). German: from a short form of the personal name Demetrius (see Dimitris ). Croatian: occupational name for a bandsman derived from Turkish mehter ‘military band’ by extension also ‘bandsman’. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): nickname from Yiddish meter ‘meter’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022