About the Dosier Surname

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Dosier, so the heraldry linked to Dozier is a starting point, not an automatic right.

Family name meaning

In census returns, Dosier often stands in for Dozier. Its meaning, shared with Dozier, is “Osier / willow”.

Dosier writes “s” in place of the “z” found in Dozier, a typical scribal difference. Related forms: Dauzier. 435 Americans were listed as Dosier in the 2010 census. That puts it inside the top 50,000 US surnames.

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