Cleary

English

Alternative forms

• Clery

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cléirigh (“descendant of the cleric”), from cléireach (“cleric”).

Proper noun

Cleary (countable and uncountable, plural Clearys)

1. A surname from Irish.
2. A census-designated place in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States.
3. A ghost town in Livingston County, Missouri, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cleary is the 2280^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 15980 individuals. Cleary is most common among White (92.38%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cleary”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 343.

Anagrams

• Carley, Clarey, lacery