as a Last Name
- 53,690
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Dyer
Meaning & Origins
English: occupational name for a dyer of cloth, Middle English dyer (from Old English dēag ‘dye’; the verb is a back-formation from the agent noun). This surname also occurs in Scotland, but Lister is a more common equivalent there.
| 643rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 53,690
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Maine
- has the most people named Dyer per capita
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