{{about|the French surname|other uses}} '''Meunier''' is a surname. It originates as an occupational surname for a miller or someone otherwise associated with a mill,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vroonen |first1=Eugène |title=Dictionnaire Etymologique des Noms de Famille de Belgique |publisher=Charles Dessart |location=Brussels |page=273}}</ref><ref name="secrets">{{cite book |last1=Beaucarnot |first1=Jean-Louis |title=Les Noms de famille et leurs secrets |date=1988 |publisher=Robert Laffont |location=Paris |isbn=2221056051 |pages=185-187}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The concise Oxford dictionary of family names in Britain |date=2021 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=9780191939877}}</ref> from the Old French word ''meulnier''.<ref name="UK sur">{{cite book |last1=Henry |first1=Harrison |title=Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary, Volume 2 |date=1918 |publisher=The Morland Press |location=London |page=325}}</ref> An additional origin for the surname as a nickname relating to a type of fish has been preposed.<ref name="Blanche">{{cite book |last1=Blanche |first1=Pierre |title=Dictionnaire et armoriai des noms de famille de France |date=1974 |publisher=Fayard |page=158}}</ref><ref name="Can-Franc">{{cite book |last1=Dionne |first1=N.-E. |title=Origine des Familles Canadiens-Françaises |date=1969 |publisher=Genealogical Publishing Company |location=Baltimore |page=434}}</ref> However, the plausibility of the name emerging from its use as a term to refer to european chub has been questioned.<ref name="De Fam Fam De">{{cite book |last1=Vincent |first1=Michel |title=Noms de famille, familles de noms |date=1987 |publisher=Plon |location=Paris |isbn=2259015824 |pages=363-364}}</ref> Some instances of the name have also been said to have occurred as a variant to the surname Migner,<ref name="Picard">{{cite book |last1=Picard |first1=Marc |title=Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français: anthroponymie et généalogie |date=2019 |publisher=Presses de l'Université Laval |location=Québec, Québec |isbn=9782763741444 |pages=339-340 |edition=Deuxième édition}}</ref> as an altered form of the surname Mignier,<ref name="Am Dict">{{cite book |title=Dictionary of American family names |date=2022 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780190245122 |edition=Second}}</ref> or as a locational surname for a commune called Meunet.<ref name="Can-Franc" />
Notable people with the surname include:
* Achille Dauphin-Meunier (1906–1984), French professor, anarchist, and syndicalist * Adrien Meunier (1905–1971), Canadian lawyer and politicia * Agathe Meunier (born 1993), French acrobatic gymnast * Alain Meunier (born 1942), French cellist * Alex Meunier (1897–1983), American politician * {{ill|Alphonse Meunier|fr}} (1857–1918), Belgian microbiologist * Angelique Meunier (born 1985), Australian music producer * Antonine Meunier (1877–1972), French ballet dancer * Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier, French computer scientist * Bernard Meunier (born 1947), French chemist * Claude Meunier (born 1951), Canadian actor and film director * Claude Marie Meunier (1770–1846), French general during the Napoleonic Wars * Constantin Meunier (1831–1905), Belgian painter and sculptor * Charles Meunier (1903–1971), Belgian cyclist * Christian Meunier (born 1967), French-American businessman * David Meunier (born 1973), American film and television actor * Denise Meunier (1918–2022), French schoolteacher and resistant * Édouard Meunier (1894–?), French cyclist * Hyacinthe-Eugène Meunier (1841–1906), French artist * Fabrice Meunier (born 1973), French paralympic archer * Fanny Meunier (born 1961), French actress * Françoise Meunier (born 1949), Belgian medical doctor * Frédérique Meunier (born 1960), French lawyer and politician * Georges Meunier (1925–?), French cyclist * Georgette Meunier (1859–1951), Belgian still life painter * Henri Meunier (1873–1922), Belgian ''art nouveau'' illustrator * Hubert Meunier (born 1959), Luxembourgish soccer player * Hugues Meunier (1721–1972), French army brigadier general * James Meunier (1885–1957), English cricketer and soccer player * Jean-Claude Meunier (1950–1985), French cyclist * Jean-Henri Meunier (1949–2024), French director * Jonathan Meunier (born 1987), Canadian mixed martial artist * Joseph Meunier (1755–1829), Lower Canada politician * Laurent Meunier (born 1979), French-Swiss ice hockey player * {{ill|Lucien Meunier|fr}} (1907–2000), French politician * Manon Meunier (born 1996), French politician * Marie Meunier (born 1992), Belgian politician * Marie-Geneviève Meunier (1743–1794), French martyred Catholic saint * {{ill|Mario Meunier|fr}} (1880–1960), French translator * Mark Meunier (born 1964), American professional stock car racing driver * Maurice Meunier (1890–1971), French footballer * Michel Meunier, Canadian professor * Michelle Meunier (born 1956), French politician * Monique Meunier, former New York City Ballet principal dancer * Ophélie Meunier (born 1987), French television presenter * Pascal Meunier (photographer) (born 1966), French documentary photographer * Pascal Meunier (diplomat) (born 1953), French diplomat * Patricia Meunier-Lebouc (born 1972), French golfer * Philippe Meunier (born 1966), French politician * Raymond Meunier (1920–2010), French actor * Robert Meunier du Houssoy (1888–1968), French soldier and publisher * Sébastien Meunier (born 1974), French fashion designer * Stanislas-Étienne Meunier (1843–1925), French geologist * Stéfani Meunier (born 1971), Canadian writer * Sophie Meunier (born c. 1967), senior research scholar * Théodule Meunier (1860–1907), French anarchist * Thomas Meunier (born 1991), Belgian football player * {{ill|Victor Meunier|fr}} (1817–1903), French writer and political activist
==See also== {{wiktionary}} * Menier (disambiguation) * Minier * Mounier
==References== {{reflist}}
{{miller-surname}} {{surname}} Category:French-language surnames Category:Occupational surnames Category:Surnames of Belgian origin