# Gehring

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**Gehring** is a German surname.

The patronymic surname was formed from the Germanic first name Gero ("the spear") and the suffix -ing means "belonging to" - belonging to the clan, family or house of Gero.

Notable people with the surname include:

- [Christian Gehring](/source/Christian_Gehring) (born 1979), German politician
- [Franz Gehring](/source/Franz_Gehring) (1838–1884), German writer on music
- [Frederic Gehring](/source/Frederic_Gehring) (1903–1998), American Catholic priest and military chaplain
- [Frederick Gehring](/source/Frederick_Gehring) (1925–2012), American mathematician
- [Georg Gehring](/source/Georg_Gehring) (1903–1943), German Olympic wrestler
- [Gillian Gehring](/source/Gillian_Gehring) (born 1941), British physicist
- [Henry Gehring](/source/Henry_Gehring) (1881–1912), American Major League Baseball pitcher
- [Hanni Gehring](/source/Hanni_Gehring) (1926–2011), German cross-country skier
- [Kai Gehring](/source/Kai_Gehring) (born 1977), German politician
- [Kai Gehring (footballer)](/source/Kai_Gehring_(footballer)) (born 1988), German footballer
- [Lana Gehring](/source/Lana_Gehring) (born 1990), American short track speed skater
- [Mary Gehring](/source/Mary_Gehring), American plant biologist and epigeneticist
- [Rolf Gehring](/source/Rolf_Gehring) (born 1955), German tennis player
- [Ted Gehring](/source/Ted_Gehring) (1929–2000), American actor
- [Viktor Gehring](/source/Viktor_Gehring) (1889–1978), German actor
- [Walter Jakob Gehring](/source/Walter_Jakob_Gehring) (1939–2014), Swiss developmental biologist
- [William Gehring](/source/William_Gehring) (born 1962), American psychologist and academic

## See also

- [Gehring Clinic](/source/Gehring_Clinic), a historic house and medical facility in Bethel, Maine, on the National Register of Historic Places
- [Gehrig (surname)](/source/Gehrig_(surname))
- [Gering (surname)](/source/Gering_(surname))

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