Meyer was born in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, in a Jewish family, the second son of Siegmund Meyer and Elise Rosa, née Hahn, daughter of Reuben Hahn.
Meyer was born in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg to a Jewish family; he is the second son of Siegmund Meyer and Elise Rosa Hahn, who are the parents of Reuben Hahn.