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Subject: Re: Surname Lyerla
Author: Jim Young   (guest, 87.102.78.239)
Date: December 4, 2007 at 12:32:04 PM
Reply to: Surname Lyerla by grachzach
It might be from the German surname Leierle (not common), which is probably a variant of another surname, Leier. Leier means "lyre", and the name could be a metonymic for a player of that instrument. There are other possibilities but nothing certain to my knowledge. Andy might know more.

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