The story
- Proto-West Germanic · derived from*Agihari
- English todayAyer
* As an English and Scottish surname, from the noun heir. * Also as an English surname, from the Anglo-Norman and Middle English personal name Aier, from Proto-West Germanic *Agihari, from *agi (“fear”) + *hari (“army”). * Also as an English surname, variant of Hair.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.