Beyer (Switzerland/Saxony) family arms Tile

Beyer family arms emblazoned as a seal after the arms recorded for Johann Beyer, a Leipzig book printer, dated 1607 in Seibmacher's Wappenbuch V(5) . This family finds its origins in the Irish monastery town of St. Gallen, Switzerland in the 13th century with the original spelling of "Bayer" (meaning "Bavarian"). This early Beyer arms finds many of the motifs (gold chevron, roses, bear, shamrock) seen in later arms of branches of the Swiss Bayer family. With phonetic shifts, many spellings are found of the name: Bayer, Bajer, Payer, Pajer, Pajor, Bájer, Beier, Baier , Beyer, Pájer, Peier, Báyer, Paier, Boyer, Peyer, Báier, Bair, Bájér, Bajér, Bäyer, Béjer, Bejér, Palyar , Pályer, Palyer, Páyer, Päyer, Pejer, Pejor. You can customise the design for your spelling.