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Gayer: Origin, Geographical Distribution
(Celtic or Gaelic.) The son of a dog; figuratively, the son of a champion. The Britons, Celts, and Gauls, applied the names of various animals to their heroes, indicative of strength, endurance, courage, or swiftness. This name is derived from Mac, son, and cu, kei, or ki, a wolf-dog. The common hound was called Gayer.
Gayer Surname Origin
Spelling Variations : GAILLER | GAILLET | GAYER | GAYET
Gayer: Place of Origin :  London (United Kingdom) |  Devon (United Kingdom) |  Kent (United Kingdom) |  Cornwall (United Kingdom) |  Dublin (Ireland) |  Oxfordshire (United Kingdom)
Gayer: Online Family Trees
GAYER Rougham (Suffolk, England, United Kingdom) 1734 - 1734
GAYER Devonshire (Devon, England, United Kingdom) 1635 - 1635
GAYER 8b.650, West Derby, West Derby, Lan (Lancashire, England, United Kingdom) 1865 - 1865
GAYER Parish Church, Walton On The Hill (Lancashire, England, United Kingdom) 1865 - 1865
GAYER 8 Mawdsey Tce (United Kingdom) 1879 - 1879
GAYER  (United Kingdom)  -
GAYER Devonshire (Devon, England, United Kingdom) 1644 - 1644
GAYER __en York, Yorkshire (England, United Kingdom) 1500 - 1500
GAYER __en Yorkshire (England, United Kingdom) 1570 - 1570
GAYER England (England, United Kingdom)  -

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Gayer: Books that contain this surname
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GAYERA genealogic and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire g by Bernard Burke,...
Author: John Bernard Burke - Published in 1860
... , aud Elizabeth, ra. to Robert Gayer, Esq. of Stoke Poges, Bucks. His lordship d. in 1690, and was s. ...		 GAYERDictionary of national biography (Volume 21)
Author: Stephen, Leslie, Sir, 1832-1904 - Published in 1885
... was the eldest son of Edward Echlin Gayer, major 67th regiment, by his wife, Frances Christina, only daughter of Conway ...
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