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Dreyer

in Rhode Island

There are 22 people with the last name "Dreyer" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

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Dreyer 6,184
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  1. is 6,180th most common Docouto
  2. is 6,181st most common Dombrowski
  3. is 6,182nd most common Donofrio
  4. is 6,183rd most common Dorr
  5. is 6,184th most common Dreyer
  6. is 6,185th most common Duda
  7. is 6,186th most common Durham
  8. is 6,187th most common Dzialo
  9. is 6,188th most common Edgerley

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Dreyer

Barbara, Richard, Robert, Bethany, Cheryle, David, Douglas, Herman, Joseph

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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