Wehr Family History
Wehr Name Meaning
German: topographic name for someone who lived by the defenses of a town or village for example a wall ditch or fence Middle High German wer or in the north lived by a dam or fish weir from Middle Low German wer(e). North German: from a shortened form of the personal name Weder composed of the ancient Germanic elements wid(u) ‘wood forest’ + hari ‘army’. German: habitational name from any of several places called Wehr Wehre or Wehren.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022