Meyerowitz (Polish: Majerowicz) is a Yiddish-language surname. It is a patronymic surname literally meaning "descendant of Meyer" (Polish phonetic transcription: Majer), derived with the Polish-language patronymic suffix -wicz.
It can be transcribed via Russian language as Meyerovich. The surname may refer to:
- Elliot Meyerowitz (born 1951), U.S. biologist
- Herbert Vladimir Meyerowitz (1900-1945), British artist
- Jan Meyerowitz (1913-1998), German-American composer
- Joel Meyerowitz (born 1938), U.S. photographer
- Rick Meyerowitz (born 1943), U.S. artist
See also
edit- 22537 Meyerowitz, asteroid
- The Meyerowitz Stories, a 2017 film
- Meyrowitz