English: variant spelling of Dear.Scottish:
habitational name from (Old and New) Deer in Aberdeenshire.Hungarian: variant of Dér, from the secular personal
name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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