This is the Dutch adaptation of the German "Meyer". "Von" literally means "honorable" and "Meyer" is "Mayor" in modern American. It's a state-endowed title, which became the family name. ----Original Message Follows---- From: THoll53559@cs.com Reply-To: MEYERS-L@rootsweb.com To: MEYERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Meyers] the origin and meaning Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 16:52:56 EDT Rusty, What is the meaning if the name MEYER is preceded by Von Wendell Holliday tholl53559@cs.com ==== MEYERS Mailing List ==== Visit the threaded archives for this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/MEYERS-L/ ============================== Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history learning and how-to articles on the Internet. http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com