as a Last Name
- 3,157
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Ayer
Meaning & Origins
English: from Middle English eir, eyer ‘heir’ (Old French (h)eir, from Latin heres ‘heir’). Forms such as Richard le Heyer were frequent in Middle English, denoting a man who was well known to be the heir to the main property in a particular locality, either one who had already inherited or one with great expectations.
| 8,879th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 3,157
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Maine
- has the most people named Ayer per capita
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