Troyer Family History
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Troyer Name Meaning
Altered spelling of German Troier, Treuer, in the south, a topographic name for someone who lived by a cattle track Treyen (from Latin trivium ‘trail’); in the north, from an occupational name from Middle Low German troye ‘jerkin’. Dutch (De Troyer): occupational name for a maker of jerkins (see Troy 6).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Grover, Roker, Troy, Roper, Kroner, Royer, Trower, Tozer, Boyer