Origin and popularity of the name HAYER
Origin
Hayer : 1: South German: from an agent derivative of Middle High German heien ‘to guard or protect’ hence an occupational name for a warden of woodland or crops.2: Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farms named Heier plural of Old Norse heithr ‘heath moor; isolated area’.3: English: variant of Heyer.4: French: occupational name for a warden of woodland from an agent derivative of Old French haye ‘hedge enclosed forest’.5: Indian (Punjab): Sikh name based on the name of a Jat clan of unexplained etymology.
Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
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