Beyer is mostly a German family name, occurring most commonly in German-speaking countries. It can be either habitational (derived from Bayer, which is the male German language demonym for Bavaria) or occupational (derived from the archaic German verb beiern, "to ring (a bell)", thus referring to individuals tasked with ringing church bells). Variants of the surname include
Beier,
Bayer and
Baier.
Most inventions and institutions listed here with the name Beyer were named after an inventor or founder or supporter with the name Beyer.
This page lists people with the
surnameBeyer. If an
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Beyer is mostly a German family name, occurring most commonly in German-speaking countries. It can be either habitational (derived from Bayer, which is the male German language demonym for Bavaria) or occupational (derived from the archaic German verb beiern, "to ring (a bell)", thus referring to individuals tasked with ringing church bells). Variants of the surname include
Beier,
Bayer and
Baier.
Most inventions and institutions listed here with the name Beyer were named after an inventor or founder or supporter with the name Beyer.
This page lists people with the
surnameBeyer. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.