Hayer Family History
Hayer Surname Meaning
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.
Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farms named Heier, plural of Old Norse heithr ‘heath, moor; isolated area’.
English: variant of Heyer.
French: occupational name for a warden of woodland from an agent derivative of Old French haye ‘hedge, enclosed forest’.
Indian (Punjab): Sikh name based on the name of a Jat clan of unexplained etymology.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022