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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • English : Heir to a fortune

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : derivative of Ayer. The -s most probably represents a trace of the Latin nominative singular in heres ‘heir’, but it may also signify the son or servant of someone known as ‘the heir’, i.e. someone who was heir to some great estate.

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