Family name origins & meanings
- South German and Swiss German : (Führer): occupational name for a carrier or carter, a driver of horse-drawn vehicles, Middle High German vüerer (from the Middle High German verb vüeren ‘to lead’, ‘transport’). See also Fuhrmann.
- South German and Swiss German : topographic name for someone who lived near a ferry or ford, a derivative of Fuhr + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.