This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mier, Miers, Myers Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Vd.2ADE/569.854.858.1 Message Board Post: I have been reading about the Miers/Mier name recently and discovered some research that shows the original name was meant to denote a "Moor". What I read was that Moors eventually changed the word to Mier in order to avoid the stigma of having Middle Eastern ties during times of persecution. The Mier is probably Dutch or German or Austrian. There are also some Miers in English ancestry. Interesting.