Frequency: (238)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. North German (Gähr): from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with the element gār, gēr ‘spear’.
2. South German: see Gaar.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
