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Position:Home>Genealogy> What is the origin of the name last name styers?Question: What is the origin of the name last name styers!? on my moms side im cherokee and apache native american and african!.!.!. on my dads side im not so sure one sides called kirk ones styers!.!.!.!. my dads dads family all had black hair and dark eyes im thinking either jewish or black irish!?!.!.!. and the kirk side all my family had lighter eyes but some had dark hair some didnt!.!.!.!. just wondering your opinions what im thinking is black irish but not sureWww@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Styers Last name origin & meaning: English: variant of Styer!. Styer Last name origins & meanings: English: occupational name for someone who worked at a pigsty, a swineherd, from an agent derivative of Middle English stye ‘sty’ (Old English stig(u))!. English: topographic from Middle English stye ‘path’ (Old English stīg) + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant!. Kirk Last name origin and meaning : Old Norse: From the church Scottish and northern English, and Danish: from northern Middle English, Danish kirk ‘church’ (Old Norse kirkja), a topographic name for someone who lived near a church!. Your term "black Irish" is a misnomer, in spite of what many people believe or have been told, the term is not well known in Ireland, "Black Irish" is a mostly U!.S!.A!. phrase, based on a claim that after the defeat of the Spanish Armada off the west coast of Ireland in 1588, Spanish sailors and soldiers integrated with native Irish women and from this union a special breed of "Black Irish" was spawned!. There is no historical fact available to support this, the truth is that the Armada shipwreck survivors were slaughtered as enemy combatants or later returned to Spain under an English/Spanish treaty agreement!. Genetics does not permit an insignificantly small number of Spaniards to breed a new "Black Irish" progeny, without the Southern European dark skin or swarthiness!. In spite of the many claims of such Spanish looking people commonly inhabiting the West Coast of Ireland, there are very few Latino people claiming Irish ancestry anywhere in Ireland!.Www@QuestionHome@Com UK answer!. This is all I could find in relation to your surname, Styers Name Meaning and History English: variant of Styer!. hope this helps!.Www@QuestionHome@Com I have a art teacher that is jewish and her name is Juoarez!. You're probably right!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |