Boy name origins & meanings English : Changeable Boy name variations Geary Gearey Gearee Geari How Popular Is The Name Gery Family name origins & meanings Southern French (Géry) : variant of Gille.French (Géry) : from the Germanic personal name Gaugeric, which was borne by a 6th-century bishop of Cambrai.Possibly a respelling of Swiss German Gehry, a variant of Gehr.