Geller

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)^[1] 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
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.