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Geary

in Maryland

There are 217 people with the last name "Geary" in Maryland.

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Ranking in Maryland

NameRank
Geary 2,541
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  1. is 2,537th most common Weedon
  2. is 2,538th most common Winchester
  3. is 2,539th most common Bryson
  4. is 2,540th most common Davila
  5. is 2,541st most common Geary
  6. is 2,542nd most common Latimer
  7. is 2,543rd most common Mangum
  8. is 2,544th most common Merchant
  9. is 2,545th most common Pressley

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Geary

James, William, John, Thomas, Herbert, Dennis, Karen, Mary, Michael, Robert

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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