Slaymaker Family History
Slaymaker Name Meaning
English: occupational name for someone who made slays from Middle English slay(e) ‘slay (an instrument used in weaving to beat up the weft)’ + -maker. See Slay 1 and compare Sleeman Altered form of German Schleiermacher an occupational name for a maker or shawls or scarves from Middle High German sleier ‘scarf shawl veil’ + macher ‘maker’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022