''Maior'' (also spelled ''major'') (Latin, 'greater') gives its name to several occupations such as
maior domus,
major
Major most commonly refers to:
* Major (rank), a military rank
* Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits
* People named Major, including given names, surnames, nicknames
* Major and minor in musi ...
, and
mayor
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilitie ...
, and thus many surnames, especially German surnames like
Maier Maier is a surname of German origin.
It is a variant spelling of the more usual " Meyer", which is cognate with the English word "mayor", but with a different meaning.
Individuals with the surname include:
* Anneliese Maier (1905–1971), Germ ...
,
Meier,
Meyer,
Meir
Meir () is a Jewish male given name and an occasional surname. It means "one who shines". It is often Germanized as Maier, Mayer, Mayr, Meier, Meyer, Meijer, Italianized as Miagro, or Anglicized as Mayer, Meyer, or Myer. Alfred J. Kolatch, ''T ...
,
Mayer,
Meyr, and the Dutch surname
Meijer
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.
Notable people with the name Maior include:
People
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Maior of Arabia, (3rd-century) Roman sophist and rhetorician
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Ãlvaro Luiz Maior de Aquino Ãlvaro or Ãlvar (, , ) is a Spanish, Galician and Portuguese male given name and surname of Germanic Visigothic origin.
The patronymic surname derived from this name is Ãlvarez.
Given name Artists
*Ãlvaro Carrillo, Afro-Mexican songwrite ...
, (born 1977), Brazilian footballer
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Augustin Maior (1882-1963), Romanian physicist
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George Maior (born 1967), Romanian politician and espionage chief
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Grigore Maior (1715-1785), Romanian bishop
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Petru Maior (1756-1821), Romanian writer and priest
See also
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Major (disambiguation)
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Romanian-language surnames