Gareis Family History
Gareis Name Meaning
German:: from a shortened form of the Latin personal name Gregorius (see Gregory ). metonymic occupational name for a blacksmith from a compound of Middle High German gar(e) ‘ready’ + īsen ‘iron’. from Gero a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name composed with gēr ‘spear’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022