Fryer - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Fryer \f-ryer, fr-yer\ is a variant of Fry (Middle English), and the meaning of Fryer is "seedling, offspring".

The baby name Fryer sounds like Ferrer and Farrer. Other similar baby names are Frye, Farmer, Fraser, Frazer, Pryor and Royer.

Fryer is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#4310 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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