MELER Origin of surname
MELER
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name derives from an occupation, profession or trade (also connected with raw material, finished product or implements associated with that trade).
The Jewish surname Meler, in which the German/Yiddish ending "-er" means "of/from", is based on the Yiddish Mel, which derives from the German Mehl, meaning "flour". Meler and similar Jewish family names were assumed by millers, flour merchant and bakers. Equivalents in other languages include Becker, Miller, Bulke (the Yiddish for "baked roll"), Zemel (a "roll"), and Matza, the unleavened bread baked for Passover/Pesach. In the second half of the 19th century, Mehl is recorded as a Jewish family name with French-born Daniel Mehl in Brazil.
In the 20th century Meler is recorded as a Jewish surname with Jakub Meler of the Polish People's Army who was killed in action fighting the Germans during World War II.
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name derives from an occupation, profession or trade (also connected with raw material, finished product or implements associated with that trade).
The Jewish surname Meler, in which the German/Yiddish ending "-er" means "of/from", is based on the Yiddish Mel, which derives from the German Mehl, meaning "flour". Meler and similar Jewish family names were assumed by millers, flour merchant and bakers. Equivalents in other languages include Becker, Miller, Bulke (the Yiddish for "baked roll"), Zemel (a "roll"), and Matza, the unleavened bread baked for Passover/Pesach. In the second half of the 19th century, Mehl is recorded as a Jewish family name with French-born Daniel Mehl in Brazil.
In the 20th century Meler is recorded as a Jewish surname with Jakub Meler of the Polish People's Army who was killed in action fighting the Germans during World War II.