Hayer
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See also: hayer
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Hayer (plural Hayers)
- A surname.
Related terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hayer”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 146.
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- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms borrowed from French
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms borrowed from German
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- English terms derived from Middle High German
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- English terms derived from Punjabi
- English lemmas
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- English surnames
- English surnames from French
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