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Geary

in West Virginia

There are 88 people with the last name "Geary" in West Virginia.

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Ranking in West Virginia

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Geary 2,315
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  1. is 2,311th most common Cleavenger
  2. is 2,312th most common Crump
  3. is 2,313th most common Dayton
  4. is 2,314th most common Gallaher
  5. is 2,315th most common Geary
  6. is 2,316th most common Hollandsworth
  7. is 2,317th most common Holton
  8. is 2,318th most common Kaufman
  9. is 2,319th most common Leslie

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Geary

John, James, Mark, George, Richard, Barbara, Donald, Douglas, Judith

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Meaning & History

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

2. 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).

3. 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).

4. 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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