Geary.
A surname.
Meaning & usage
A surname.
A place name: A crofting community in the north of the Isle of Skye, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NG2661).
A place name: A rural community of Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada.
A place name: A ghost town in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States, named after John W. Geary.
A place name: A minor city in Blaine County and Canadian County, Oklahoma, United States, named after Edmund Guerrier.
Where this word comes from
* 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.
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