Geary

English

Etymology

• As an Irish surname, from Ó Gadhra, from gadhar (“hound”)
• As an English surname, from gar (“spear”), as well as a nickname derived from Middle English gery (“unpredictable”)
• As a German surname, from Gehring and Gehrig.

Proper noun

Geary (countable and uncountable, plural Gearys)

1. A surname.
2. A place name:
   1. A crofting community in the north of the Isle of Skye, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NG2661).
   2. A rural community of Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada.
   3. A ghost town in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States, named after John W. Geary.
   4. A minor city in Blaine County and Canadian County, Oklahoma, United States, named after Edmund Guerrier.

Derived terms

• Geary County

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Geary is the 2895^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12382 individuals. Geary is most common among White (92.51%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Geary”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 25.

Anagrams

• gayer, ragey, re-gay, yager, Yager, Garey, grey-A, gyrae