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Geary

in Kentucky

There are 651 people with the last name "Geary" in Kentucky.

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Ranking in Kentucky

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Geary 816
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  1. is 812th most common Varney
  2. is 813th most common Willett
  3. is 814th most common Dodson
  4. is 815th most common Cowan
  5. is 816th most common Geary
  6. is 817th most common Maxwell
  7. is 818th most common Coyle
  8. is 819th most common Milby
  9. is 820th most common Pendleton

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Geary

James, Michael, David, John, Lisa, Christopher, Edward, Linda, Mary, George

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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