indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Type Surname (from occupation & from nickname)
Other Forms FormsMayer (English), Major
Meaning & History
English variant of Mayer 3 and Catalan variant of Major. Either a nickname for an older man or a distinguishing epithet for the elder of two bearers of the same personal name, from mayor "older", from Latin maior (natus), literally "greater (by birth)". Or from occupational or status name, from major "governor, chief". Spanish cognate of Lemaire.