Hayer

Various etymologies:

• A variant of the English surname Ayer.
• A topographic surname for someone who lived by an enclosure, from Middle English hay (“enclosure, hedge”) + -er.
• Borrowed from French Hayer, an occupational surname for a warder of a woodland, from Old French haye (“hedge”).
• Borrowed from South German Hayer, from an agent derivative of Middle High German heien (“to guard, protect”).
• Borrowed from Punjabi ਹਾਈਯਰ (hāīyar), surname based on the name of a Jat clan.

Hayer (plural Hayers)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hayer is the 34707^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 651 individuals. Hayer is most common among White (47.62%), Asian/Pacific Islander (31.8%) and Black/African American (12.9%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hayer”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 146.