Bier Family History
Bier Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German bier ‘beer’ German Bier Yiddish bir a metonymic occupational name for a brewer of beer or a tavern owner or in some cases perhaps a nickname for a beer drinker. South German: from a short form of a personal name formed with Old High German bero ‘bear’. Germanized form of Sorbian Běr: from a short form of the Old Sorbian personal name Běrisław (based on the Old Slavic imperative beri ‘collect’). English: variant of Byer . See also Byers .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022