Eyre Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Eyre Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Eyre

The origin of the name Eyre was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Meaning 'the son of heir', Eyre is a nickname from a man who was well known to be the heir to a title or a fortune. Variants include Ayars, Ayers, Ayris, Ayrs, Air, Eyer, Hayer, Heyer, Ayr, Ayre and Heir. This name is of Anglo-Saxon descent spreading to the Celtic countries of Ireland , Scotland and Wales in early times and is found in many mediaeval manuscripts throughout the above islands. Examples of such are a John filius Aer, who was recorded in the 'Hundred Rolls', England , in the year 1273 and a John Ayer and Alice Moyle, who were granted a marriage license in London, in the year 1582. In Scotland a Robert Air of Hedreslawe was rentaller of the Mill of Hedreslawe in the year 1281, and a Johan Ayr, of Aytone, Berwickshire, rendered homage, in the year 1296. In Ireland the name is found in Galway from 1675 when five of the name were sheriffs and one of them, Colonel John Eyre, built the Castle and village of Eyrecourt.