Tracing the Hellyer Family Name

Hellyer is an English surname. Elsdon Smith's dictionary of American family names explains it as “one who covered roofs with thatch, slate or tile, a roofer”.

Arms associated with the name

Heraldry is personal. Arms recorded for a Hellyer family belonged to that family, and other bearers of the name may have no link to them.

Surname origin

About 875 people in the United States were recorded as Hellyer in 2010, placing it 27,534 on the national list. Get the complete Hellyer report, with a museum-style coat of arms.