English word origin

Etymology of Gwyer

* As a possibly habitational surname of Norman origin, from a minor place Gohier in the department of Maine-et-Loire, of Germanic origin, from the male name Godehar, Godahari, Gunherius, presumably composed of *god + *ha

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name

A surname from Norman.

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