The cryer Surname
cryer Name Meaning and History
- English: occupational name for a town crier, one whose job was to make public announcements in a loud voice, from Middle English, Old French criere (a derivative of Old French crier ‘to cry aloud’, Latin quiritare).
- Americanized spelling of German Kreyer or the Swiss variant Kreier.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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