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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • French : variant of Paillé (see Paille).
  • German : variant of Bayer.
  • Anglicized spelling of Slovenian Pajer, medieval Slovenian form of German Bayer, denoting a colonist from Bavaria brought to the Slovenian territory by feudal lords in the Middle Ages.

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