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Geary
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A surname with several separate origins across Irish, English, and German family lines.
How to Use Geary
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA surname whose meaning depends on which country's family line it traces back to.
Word Forms
Gearys plural
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Etymology
As an Irish surname it comes from Ó Gadhra, linked to a word for "hound"; as an English surname it can derive from a word for "spear" or a Middle English word meaning "unpredictable"; as a German surname it is linked to Gehring or Gehrig.