Conyer

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Middle English.

Etymology

Metathisized form of the occupational surname Coyner or, possibly, an occupational surname for a dealer in rabbits or rabbit skins, from an agent derivative of Middle English coni (“rabbit”). Compare the surname Coney.

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