Ler: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

It is easy to miss Ler in an index if you only search for Lehr. Name scholars give the meaning as “A descendant of Lehr, from Hilarius, or someone from Lehr”.

Family crest and blazon

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

Spelling and variants

Ler drops the “h” of Lehr, a shortening that clerks often made. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Other spellings include Leer, Lehrer and Löhr.

268 Americans were listed as Ler in the 2010 census. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Leroy, Loera and Leroi. Want more than a summary? See the Ler family name pack.