Greer Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Ancestors listed as Greer are often found as Grier a generation earlier. The family name meaning is “Son of Gregor”, the same as for Grier.

A variant of Grier

The two spellings differ in a small detail: Greer has “e” where Grier has “i”. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. The same family of names includes Grierson.

In the records

According to the 2010 US Census, the Greer surname had 57,043 bearers.

Greer coat of arms

Arms linked to Grier and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Want more than a summary? See the Greer family name pack.