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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : variant of Ayer 1.
  • German : occupational name for a grower or reaper of grass for hay, from Middle High German höu ‘grass’, ‘hay’ + the agent suffix -er.
  • German : variant spelling of Heier 1.
  • Dutch : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements hagi ‘enclosure’, ‘fenced area’ + hari, heri ‘army’.
  • Dutch : nickname from Middle Dutch (h)eiger, heeger, heger ‘heron’. Compare Heron 1.

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