Heier Family History
Heier Name Meaning
South German: generally a variant of Heuer but in some cases an occupational name from Middle High German heie ‘ranger guard’. Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads so named in the Oslofjord region. The placename is from the plural of Old Norse heithr ‘heath moor’. Dutch and German: variant of Heyer 3–5.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022