Geller (/ˈɡɛlər/ GHEL-ər) is a surname. Depending on one's ancestors' origins, the name may derive from a place name (Geldern in Germany or Gelderland in the Netherlands) or the German word gellen ('to yell'; Middle High German geln, gëllen) meaning 'one who yells'; less probably from the Yiddish word gel ('yellow') meaning the 'yellow man', or the Yiddish word geler, an expression for a redheaded man. It may also be a Russianized respelling of Heller or a variant of the Hungarian first name Gellért. The name appears with some frequency in northwestern Germany, near the city of Aachen.
The following people have the last name Geller:
- Axel Geller (born 1999), Argentine tennis player
- Andrew Geller (1924–2011), American architect
- Bruce Geller (1930–1978), American composer, screenwriter, and television producer
- Efim Geller (1925–1998), Soviet chess player
- E. Scott Geller (born 1942), American behavioral psychologist
- Esther Geller (1921–2015), American painter
- Harold Geller (1916-2005), Australian-born American conductor and composer.
- Harvey Geller (1922-2009), American lyricist
- Henry Geller (1924–2020), American communications lawyer and government official
- Herb Geller (1928-2013), Jazz musician and composer
- Jamie Geller (born 1978), American-born Israeli cookbook author and chef
- Jacob Geller (born 1995), American video essayist
- Jordan Geller (born 1977), American sneaker collector
- Kenneth Geller (born 1947), American lawyer and Managing Partner of the law firm Mayer Brown
- Laurence S. Geller (born 1947), British real estate investor
- Margaret Geller (born 1947), American astronomer and astrophysicist
- Max Geller (wrestler) (born 1971), Israeli Olympic wrestler
- Max Geller (artist) (born 1984), American performance artist
- Pamela Geller (born 1958), American blogger, author, political activist, and commentator
- Raul Geller (born 1936), Peruvian-Israeli footballer
- Richard Geller (meditation instructor) (born 1952), president of MedWorks Corporate Meditation Programs
- Richard Geller (physicist) (1927–2007), experimental nuclear and plasma physicist
- Simon Geller (1919-1995), American classical music station radio personality
- Steven Geller (born 1958), American statesman
- Uri Geller (born 1946), Alleged Israeli psychic, magician, and television personality
The following fictional characters also have the last name Geller:
- Monica Geller, a character from the American television sitcom Friends
- Ross Geller, a character from the American television sitcom Friends
- Paris Geller, a character from the American television drama Gilmore Girls
Geller may also refer to:
- Geller House, a modernist house designed by Marcel Breuer
Notes
- Kohlheim, Rosa; Kohlheim, Volker, eds. (2005). Duden Familiennamen: Herkunft und Bedeutung von 20 000 Nachnamen (in German) (2 ed.). Mannheim: Dudenverlag. p. 270. ISBN 3-411-70852-2.
See also
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