Gera

Family name origins & meanings

• Indian (Panjab) : Hindu (Arora) and Sikh name meaning ‘dove’, based on the name of a Jat clan.
• Hungarian : from a pet form of the personal names Germán (see German 2), or Gergely, Latin Gregorius (see Gregory).
• German : habitational name from a place in Thuringia so named.