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Dreyer

in California

There are 511 people with the last name "Dreyer" in California.

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Ranking in California

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Dreyer 4,994
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  1. is 4,990th most common Vanwinkle
  2. is 4,991st most common Ballinger
  3. is 4,992nd most common Boardman
  4. is 4,993rd most common Carballo
  5. is 4,994th most common Dreyer
  6. is 4,995th most common Fujita
  7. is 4,996th most common Hinson
  8. is 4,997th most common Jong
  9. is 4,998th most common Kulkarni

Similar Names and Nicknames

Dreyfus, Drey, Dreyfuss, Drayer, Dreyling, Druyor, Dreyfous, Dreyzin, Dreymala, Dreyhaupt

Most Common First Names for Dreyer

David, Jeffrey, Robert, Richard, James, Mary, Carol, Lisa, Michael, Steven

Meaning & History

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname derived from German drei ‘three’, Middle High German drī(e), with the addition of the suffix -er. This was the name of a medieval coin worth three hellers (see Heller), and it is possible that the German surname may have been derived from this word. More probably, the nickname is derived from some other connection with the number three, too anecdotal to be even guessed at now.

North German and Scandinavian: occupational name for a turner of wood or bone, from an agent derivative of Middle Low German dreien, dregen ‘to turn’. See also Dressler.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name from Yiddish dreyer ‘turner’, or a nickname from a homonym meaning ‘swindler, cheat’.

English: variant spelling of Dryer.

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