Styer Family History
Styer Name Meaning
occupational name for someone who worked at a pigsty, a swineherd, from an agent derivative of Middle English stye ‘sty’ (Old English stig(u)). topographic from Middle English stye ‘path’ (Old English stig) + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press