The Name GEARY?

Question

is it irish or scottish

Answer 1

completely irish! (r u "siri geary"-that is soooo cool !!!)

Answer 2

This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name,

Geary Name Meaning and 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 ger, gar ‘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.

hope this helps.

Answer 3

Irish

Someone with that name has an outstanding Coat of Arms on file at:

houseofnames.com