Geri

Male
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Discussion of the name

Geri is the normalized Old Danish form of a masculine Scandinavian name, Geiri in Old Norse. It probably originated as the short form of one of the names which contained geirr ‘spear’ at the first or second element, but clearly became an independent name. It was rare in Norway, and hence was probably brought to England from Denmark. It was also used in Normandy (von Feilitzen 1937: 259; Fellows Jensen 1968: 98; Adigard des Gautries 1954: 206–7). The DB spelling Gheri represents the Norman way of spelling a word with a hard g before an e (von Feilitzen 1937: 112 § 126). In twelfth- and thirteenth-century Yorkshire and Lincolnshire the name was spelled Geri (Fellows Jensen 1968: 98).

The name is not recorded in PASE other than as a TRE landowner.

Bibliography

Adigard des Gautries 1954: J. Adigard des Gautries, Les noms de personnes scandinaves en Normandie de 911 à 1066, Nomina Germanica 11 (Lund, 1954)

Fellows Jensen 1968: Gillian Fellows Jensen, Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire (Copenhagen: I Kommission hos Akademisk Forlag, 1968)

von Feilitzen 1937: Olof von Feilitzen, The Pre-Conquest Personal Names of Domesday Book, Nomina Germanica 3 (Uppsala: Almqvist and Wiksells, 1937)

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Gheri

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms:

  Phillimore edition: Geri

  Alecto edition: Geri

Distribution map of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

List of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

Holder 1066

Shire Phil. ref. Vill DB Spelling Holder 1066 Lord 1066 Tenant-in-Chief 1086 1086 Subtenant Fiscal Value 1066 Value 1086 Value Conf. Show on Map
Shropshire 4,3,18 Acton Pigott Gheri Geri 'of Albrighton' - Roger, earl Reynold de Bailleul 3.00 1.00 0.67 A Map
Shropshire 4,3,71 Albrighton Gheri Geri 'of Albrighton' - Roger, earl Reynold de Bailleul 3.00 1.00 1.50 A Map
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