Thier

Borrowed from German Thier.

Thier (plural Thiers)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Thier is the 35721^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 629 individuals. Thier is most common among White (94.44%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Thier”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• Erith, Reith, Rieth, rithe, tehri, their, theri-

Thier n (strong, genitive Thieres or Thiers, plural Thiere, diminutive Thierchen n or Thierlein n)

1. Obsolete spelling of Tier which was deprecated in 1902 following the Second Orthographic Conference of 1901.
   • 1813, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, edited by Immanuel Hermann Fichte, Einleitungsvorlesungen in die Wissenschaftslehre, Leipzig, published 1834, page 13:

     Wie, nach ihnen, die Pflanze nicht anders kann, denn wachsen, das Thier nicht anders, denn sich bewegen, […]

     How, following them, the plant can’t but grow, the animal can’t but move […]