Gehr

Gehr is a German language surname.^[1]^[2]^[3] Such as the related Gehrig, Gehring, Gering and Gerling it belongs to the group of family names derived from given names – in this case from any of several compound names of Germanic origin with the beginning element ger (e. g. Gerhardt, Gerhold, Gerald, Gerwin, Gerd or Gernot) – and may refer to:

Ernie Gehr (born 1941), American experimental filmmaker
Ferdinand Gehr (1896–1996), Swiss painter
Herbert Gehr (1911–1983), Jewish American photographer and television director
Mary Gehr (1913–1997), American painter and printmaker

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^ "Gehr Name Meaning". ancestry.com. Retrieved 2019-12-25. German: from a short form of the various personal names formed with gar, ger ‘spear’, ‘lance’ (see, for example, Gerhardt, Gerhold), or from a field name, from the same word used to denote a wedge-shaped plot.
^ "Gehr Surname Meaning & Statistics". forebears.io. Retrieved 2019-12-25. Approximately 3,453 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: Germany; Highest density in: Germany.
^ "Statistics and meaning of name Gehr". namespedia.com. Retrieved 2019-12-25. Surname Gehr is used at least 1319 times in at least 14 countries.

This page lists people with the surname Gehr.
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[anc-1] "Gehr Name Meaning". ancestry.com. Retrieved 2019-12-25. German: from a short form of the various personal names formed with gar, ger ‘spear’, ‘lance’ (see, for example, Gerhardt, Gerhold), or from a field name, from the same word used to denote a wedge-shaped plot.

[2] "Gehr Surname Meaning & Statistics". forebears.io. Retrieved 2019-12-25. Approximately 3,453 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: Germany; Highest density in: Germany.

[3] "Statistics and meaning of name Gehr". namespedia.com. Retrieved 2019-12-25. Surname Gehr is used at least 1319 times in at least 14 countries.

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