Dyer
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English
Etymology
- As an English surname, from dyer (“one who dyes”). Compare Dexter.
- As an Irish surname, variant of Dwyer.
Proper noun
Dyer
- An English surname originating as an occupation for a dyer of cloth.
- A place in the United States:
- A minor city in Crawford County, Arkansas; named for S. M. Dyer, who bought the town's land.
- A town in St. John Township, Lake County, Indiana, a suburb of Chicago; named for early settler Martha Dyer Hart.
- A census-designated place in Esmeralda County, Nevada; named for nearby Dyer's Ranch.
- A city in Gibson County, Tennessee.
- An unincorporated community in Webster County, West Virginia; named for postmaster G. M. Dyer.
- A river in Maine; running from Jefferson into the Sheepscot River at the village of Sheepscot in Newcastle.
- A bay near Steuben, Maine.