Hayter Family History
Hayter Name Meaning
English (southern):: nickname from Old French hait(i)er haitour heitur ‘entertainer merrymaker’ an agent noun derived from Old French Anglo-Norman French hait(i)er heit(i)er ‘to make glad please entertain’. in northern England perhaps a variant of Eatough with prosthetic H- a habitational name from Ayothalgh a lost minor placename in Altham (Lancashire).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022