Geary Family History
Geary Name Meaning
Irish (Cork): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Gadhra ‘descendant of Gadhra’ (see O'Gara ). Irish: alternatively possibly a shortened form of McGeary . English: from the Old French personal name Geri ancient Germanic Geric from gēr ‘spear’ + rīc ‘power(ful)’. English: nickname for a wayward or capricious person from Middle English ge(a)ry ‘fickle changeable passionate’. See Gear . Possibly an altered form of Swiss German Gehri or Gehry variants of Gehr .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022