The ayer Surname
ayer Name Meaning and History
English: from Middle English eir, eyer ‘heir’ (Old
French (h)eir, from Latin heres ‘heir’). Forms such as
Richard le Heyer were frequent in Middle English, denoting a
man who was well known to be the heir to the main property in a
particular locality, either one who had already inherited or one with
great expectations.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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