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Geary

in North Carolina

There are 139 people with the last name "Geary" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

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Geary 5,470
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  1. is 5,466th most common Eatman
  2. is 5,467th most common Erb
  3. is 5,468th most common Frierson
  4. is 5,469th most common Fries
  5. is 5,470th most common Geary
  6. is 5,471st most common Hollars
  7. is 5,472nd most common Holtzclaw
  8. is 5,473rd most common Jamieson
  9. is 5,474th most common Kovacs

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Geary

Michael, John, Patricia, Richard, Anne, Byron, Christopher, Daniel, Diane, Mike

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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Michael Geary, NC (9 searches)
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