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Geary

in Iowa

There are 146 people with the last name "Geary" in Iowa.

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Ranking in Iowa

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Geary 2,404
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  1. is 2,400th most common Dolezal
  2. is 2,401st most common Eide
  3. is 2,402nd most common Ericson
  4. is 2,403rd most common Etter
  5. is 2,404th most common Geary
  6. is 2,405th most common Hendrix
  7. is 2,406th most common Hobson
  8. is 2,407th most common Hurt
  9. is 2,408th most common Keck

Similar Names and Nicknames

Gearhart, Geer, Gear, Gerry, Gearing, Gearheart, Gearin, Gehr, Goar, Gearlds

Most Common First Names for Geary

Tony, Daniel, David, Lori, Mary, Raymond, Susan, William, Bobby, Dennis

Meaning & History

Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Gadhra ‘descendant of Gadhra’ (see O’Gara). See also McGeary.

English: from a personal name derived from Germanic gēr, gār ‘spear’, a short form of any of various compound names with this as a first element (see, for example Garrett).

English: nickname for a wayward or capricious person, from Middle English ge(a)ry ‘fickle’, ‘changeable’, ‘passionate’ (a derivative of gere ‘fit of passion’, apparently a Scandinavian borrowing).

Possibly an altered spelling of German Gehring or Gehrig.

FOREBEARS Most present-day Irish bearers of the name Geary and its variants and derivatives are descended from a single 10thcentury ancestor, a nephew of Eadhra, who founded the family O’Hara in Connacht. The family is now spread more widely.

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