The heier Surname
heier Name Meaning and History
- South German: generally a variant of Hauer, but in some cases an occupational name from Middle High German heie ‘ranger’, ‘guard’.
- Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads so named in the Oslofjord region. The place name is from the plural of Old Norse heiðr ‘heath’, ‘moor’.
- Dutch and German: variant of Heyer 3–5.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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