Meir is a Jewishmasculinegiven name and an occasional surname. It means "one who shines" It is often Germanized or Anglicized as Mayer, Meyer, or Myer. Notable 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
Watan-In a major moral scandal, U.S. authorities arrested prominent Israeli rabbi Yitzhak Meir Sabo in Dallas, Texas, after he was accused of sexually harassing a teenager ... سقط من كان يروّج الأكاذيب عن المقـ ـاومـ ـة. ... — وطن ... Scandal Silenced ... ....