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thayer Name Meaning and History

Variant of French Taillier, derived from Old French taillere, an oblique case of tailleur ‘tailor’ (see Taylor).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The thayer name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the thayer family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of thayer Families in the US in 1920
Number of thayer families
 340-677
 114-339		 1-113
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