Dryer Family History
Dryer Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English driere dreiere denoting someone who dried and bleached cloth; after cloth had been dyed and fulled it was then stretched out in tenterfields to dry. The feminine form of the word dreyster was used also for men. Altered form of German Dreier or Dreyer .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022