Given name & surname
Myers
“descendant of Meidhir”
Myers is a surname with more than one origin.
Meaning & origin
What it means
As an Irish surname, Myers goes back to a word meaning “descendant of Meidhir.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
As an Irish surname, it goes back to a word meaning “descendant of Meidhir”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Myers through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 794
- 697 boys · 97 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 49 babies
- 2025
- 41
- #3,725 for boys · #9,276 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +29%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 30 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,725 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 22.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 11 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, North Carolina and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 551 as a first name in 2020; 220,983 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Myers’s family of names
In English usage, Myers as a surname has a related form in Myer. In English usage, Myers as a surname has a related form in MAYERS.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Myers
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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