Hayer
See also: hayer
English
Etymology
Various etymologies:
- A variant of the English surname Ayer.
- A topographic surname for someone who lived by an enclosure, from Middle English hay (“enclosure, hedge”) + -er.
- Borrowed from French Hayer, an occupational surname for a warder of a woodland, from Old French haye (“hedge”).
- Borrowed from South German Hayer, from an agent derivative of Middle High German heien (“to guard, protect”).
- Borrowed from Punjabi ਹਾਈਯਰ (hāīyar), surname based on the name of a Jat clan.
Proper noun
Hayer (plural Hayers)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Hayer is the 34707th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 651 individuals. Hayer is most common among White (47.62%), Asian/Pacific Islander (31.8%) and Black/African American (12.9%) individuals.
Further reading
- “Hayer”, in Hanks, Patrick, editor, Dictionary of American Family Names, New York City: Oxford University Press, 2003, →ISBN