Geller Family History
Geller Name Meaning
North German: habitational name from the North German town of
Geldern or from the Dutch province of Gelderland, earlier Geler
and Gelre. Both places get their names from what may be an
ancient element descriptive of marshland.German: occupational
name for a town crier, Middle High German gellære (from
gellen ‘to shout or yell’).Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname
for a man with red hair, from the strong form of Yiddish gel
‘red-headed’ (Middle High German gel ‘yellow’). There has been
considerable confusion with German gelb ‘yellow’, since the
meaning change from ‘yellow’ to ‘red’ took place only in Yiddish and
only with reference to people’s complexion or hair coloring.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): variant of Heller 3,
originating under Russian influence, since Russian has no h and
alters h in borrowed words to g.German: variant of
Gehler.Hungarian: variant of Gellért (see
Gellert).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Geller Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Geller families
 11 - 19  4 - 10 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Geller families
|
3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Geller Family Origin
Geller Emigration Information (US)
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Geller Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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