Hoyer Family History
Hoyer Name Meaning
North German and Danish: from an ancient Germanic personal name Hucger a compound of hug ‘heart mind spirit’ + gēr ‘spear’. Danish (Høyer): variant of Høy (see Hoy ). In North America this surname may also be an altered form of the variant Højer. Dutch: variant mostly archaic or Americanized of Hooijer an occupational name from Middle Dutch hooijer ‘haymaker’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022