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Geary

in Rhode Island

There are 109 people with the last name "Geary" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

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Geary 1,238
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  1. is 1,234th most common Darezzo
  2. is 1,235th most common Emery
  3. is 1,236th most common Fischer
  4. is 1,237th most common Gallucci
  5. is 1,238th most common Geary
  6. is 1,239th most common Hartman
  7. is 1,240th most common Joyal
  8. is 1,241st most common Natale
  9. is 1,242nd most common Pace

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Geary

Francis, Michael, Daniel, James, Jennifer, John, Susan, Timothy, William, Audrey

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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