Alers Family History
Alers Name Meaning
Dutch or German: patronymic from the personal name Alert from ancient Germanic Adalhard from adel ‘noble’ + hard ‘hardy’. It is also found in South Africa but it is rare there. Compare Allers and Ahlers . Hispanic (Puerto Rico): perhaps a topographic name from Catalan alers ‘larch’. Alternatively a surname of German or Dutch origin (see above).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022