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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : patronymic from the personal name Gerung, Gering, variants of Gehring.
  • German : habitational name from any of various places named Gehring, in particular in Bavaria, or from a place in Rhineland named Gering.

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