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.
Born in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Meyer belonged to a Jewish family. He was the second-born child of Siegmund Meyer and Elise Rosa Hahn, whose mother's name is Reuben Hahn.