Gereon
Gereon is a male given name . It can be found mainly in the Cologne area.
Origin and meaning of the name
The name refers to the holy Gereon of Cologne . Origin and meaning are unclear, the name may come from the Greek and means "the oldest".
variants
Gerion, Geri, Gery, Gerri, Gerry, French: Géréon
name day
Name bearer
- Gereon of Cologne
- Gereon Ausserlechner (1904–1944), Austrian Premonstratensian and resistance fighter
- Klaus Gereon Beuckers (* 1966), German art historian
- Gereon R. Fink (* 1964), German neurologist and neuroscientist
- Maximilian Gereon von Galen (1832–1908) auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Münster
- Gereon Goldmann (1916–2003), German Franciscan priest, active in Japan and India
- Otto Gereon von Gutmann zu Sobernheim (* 1571/72; † 1638), auxiliary bishop in Cologne
- Gereon Krahforst (* 1973), German church musician and composer
- Gereon Krebber (* 1973), German sculptor
- Gereon Lepper (* 1956), German sculptor
- Gereon Motyka (1892–1969), canon and prior of the Ramonstratensian order
- Gereon Niedner-Schatteburg (* 1959), German physicist and chemist
- Albert Gereon Stein (1809–1881), German Catholic church musician and priest
- Gereon Wolters (philosopher) (* 1944), German philosopher
- Gereon Wolters (lawyer) (* 1966), German legal scholar and university professor
family name
- Henrique Geraldo Martinho Gereon (* 1937), German-Brazilian Roman Catholic clergyman
Place name
In the French department of Loire-Atlantique there is a place called Saint-Géréon , which refers to Saint Gereon.