Coyer Family History
Coyer Name Meaning
Altered form of French Carrier . French: from a derivative of Latin cos genitive cotis denoting the pouch where a reaper kept a whetstone for sharpening his sickle hence a metonymic occupational name for a reaper or mower. French: alternatively perhaps a habitational name from La Couyère a place in Ille-et-Vilaine Brittany (France).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022