Gehring

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:

• Beek
• Franz Gehring (1838–1884), German writer on music
• Frederic Gehring (1903–1998), American Catholic priest and military chaplain
• Frederick Gehring (1925–2012), American mathematician
• Georg Gehring (1903–1943), German Olympic wrestler
• Gillian Gehring (born 1941), British physicist
• Henry Gehring (1881–1912), American Major League Baseball pitcher
• Hanni Gehring (1926–2011), German cross-country skier
• Kai Gehring (born 1977), German politician
• Kai Gehring (footballer) (born 1988), German footballer
• Lana Gehring (born 1990), American short track speed skater
• Mary Gehring, American plant biologist and epigeneticist
• Rolf Gehring (born 1955), German tennis player
• Ted Gehring (1929–2000), American actor
• Viktor Gehring (1889–1978), German actor
• Walter Jakob Gehring (1939–2014), Swiss developmental biologist
• William Gehring (born 1962), American psychologist and academic

See also

• Gehring Clinic, a historic house and medical facility in Bethel, Maine, on the National Register of Historic Places
• Gehrig (surname)
• Gering (surname)