Where does the sayers family name originate?

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Where does the sayers family name originate?

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sayers

English: patronymic from Sayer 1. This English name is also well established in Ireland.

Irish: Anglicization of Gaelic Mac Saoghair (see Sears).

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Sayer
English: from the Middle English personal name Saher or Seir. This is probably a Norman introduction of the Continental Germanic personal name Sigiheri, composed of the elements sigi ??victory?? + heri ??army??. However, it could also represent a Middle English survival of an unrecorded Old English name, S?here, composed of the elements s? ??sea?? + here ??army??.
English: occupational name, from Middle English saghier (see Sawyer) or Old French seieor.
English: occupational name for a professional reciter, from an agent derivative of Middle English say(en), sey(en) ??to say??.
English: from a reduced form of Middle English assayer, an agent derivative of assay ??trial??, ??test??, Old French essay (from Late Latin exagium, a derivative of exagminare ??to weigh??), hence an occupational name for an assayer of metals or a taster of food.
English: occupational name for a maker or seller of say, a type of cloth, from Middle English say + the agent suffix -er. See also Say.
Welsh: occupational name from Welsh saer ??carpenter?? or from saer maen ??stonecutter??, i.e. mason.
French: occupational name for a reaper or mower, from an agent derivative of Old French seer ??to cut?? (Latin secare).
Dutch: occupational name for a weaver of serge, from an agent derivative of saai ??serge??.
Dutch: occupational name from zaaier ??sower??.