Stoffsammlung:

• Dialekt: gai_jan

• Quelle Buck: Ger m. mhd. gêre, langgezogenes dreieckiges Stück, Zwickel, Furcha. Geren, Gehren, Gair, Gairen, Gaierle usf., J. 822 Ascgersen. 1344 in den Geeren. Gera Bachname fremd. Vgl. Kar

• Quelle ht tp://www.tara.tcd.ie/bitstream/2262/3921/1/jssisiVolXII263_294.pdf:
  GARRAN, GARRAUN, GARRANE.—The words GARRAN GARRAUN, GARRANE are derived from the Irish garran, " a grove" or " wood," as Garranlahan More, garran leathan mor, "great broad copse." Over 200 Townlands are so named, or commence with these terms.

• Quelle wie vor: CARN.—The Irish word cairn, or carn, " a heap of stones," appears in the Index many times in its anglicised form CARN, as Carnlough, carn a7 locha, " the carn of the lough or lake." There axe 47 Townlands named CARN, and over 200 where this word is the first syllable of the Townland name. CARN is frequently met with in Scotch topography, from the Gaelic cam or cairn, as Carneltoch " hind's cairn or hill " Galloway. The Manx word is also cam, as Carnageay, " cairn of the wind." Compare Welsh carn, Cornish carn, and Breton karn, " a rock " or " large stone/' and karnak and karnez, " a heap of rocks or large stones."

• Quelle wie vor: CARROW, CARHOO.—CARROW or CARHOO is a very common Townland name, a " carrow" being formerly a territorial division signifying the quarter of a Townland. Over 700 Townland names bear the prefix CARROW, and there are 16 Townlands so called. CARHOO is the name of 14 Townlands, and is incorporated as a prefix in the designations of about 20 others. These words are from the Irish ceathramhadh, " a quarter of a townland," as Carrowroe, ceathramhadh ruadh, Cfc red quarter." In the Gaelic of Scotland it appears as ceathramh, as in Carminnow, " moorland quarter "' Kircudbrightshire. The Manx form is kerroo, as Kerroo-Glass, " green quarter.

• Quelle Schnetz: In diesem Zusammenhang seien auch die nach ihrer Gestalt benannten Acker und Wiesen aufgeführt. Keilförmige Landstücke, besonders Acker und Waldzwickel, auch Bergspitzen heißen Gehren mhd. gere Übertragung von ahd. ger "Speer"; im Allgäu ist ein Gere auch ein schmaler, nach unten sich erweitender Gehängstreif, eine Grashalde zwischen Felswänden: im Gehren Gähren, Gören, Gairen, Gerle Gairle, Gerung, Gerenäcker Kehrenäcker, Gerholz, -Halde, Hochgern" Altengern, Froschkern Geren, wo sich Frösche aufhalten

Internetsuchbegriffe:
garran celt.

Namenshäufigkeit:
07745 Jena-Ammerbach, 37308 Heiligenstadt, 57413 Finnentrop, 64291 Darmstadt, 71106 Magstadt, 82223 Eichenau, 85072 Buchenhüll, 85072 Wintershof, 85072 Landershofen, 85114 Buxheim, 85128 Nassenfels, 85131 Pollenfeld, 85132 Workerszell, 85235 Pfaffenhofen-Ebersried s., 86459 Margertshausen s., 86473 Ziemetshausen nw., 86633 Neuburg, 86643 Emskeim, 87746 Erkheim-Knaus, 86862 Lamerdingen-Kleinkitzighofen sw., 88138 Niederstaufen Gem Sigmarszell ö., 89299 Unterroth w., 91171 Greding, 91174 Spalt, 91614 Mönchsroth, 91719 Heidenheim, 91781 Weissenburg, 91788 Pappenheim-Göhren, 91795 Obereichstätt, 2283 Lauterhofen, 92345 Dietfurt, 92554 Thanstein, 95131 Schwarzenbach a Wald (Göhren)n., 96126 Maroldsweisach-Hafenpreppach s., 96274 Itzgrund-Welsberg (Sorghof), 96515 Sonneberg, 97950 Großrinderfeld-Gerchsheim

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