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. In English, it may be derived from

Gee Cross Gee Cross is a village and suburb of Hyde within Tameside Metropolitan Borough, in Greater Manchester, England. History Gee Cross village centre dates back to the times of the Domesday Book. Originally, Gee Cross was the larger village in th ...

Stockport Stockport is a town and borough in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey here. Most of the town is within ...

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...

, which was named after a Gee family, or from the French personal name Guy or from the word ''geai'' meaning "jay bird" referring to someone who was a "bright chatterbox". In Celtic origins, Gee may derive from the Scots/Irish Gaelic personal name Gee or Mac Gee (an Anglicised form of Mac Aodh (pronounced "ee") meaning ‘son of Gee (Hugh)").

People with the surname

Allen Gee Allen Gee (6 September 1852 – 12 August 1939) was a British trade unionist and politician. Professional background Gee worked in the woolen industry in Huddersfield, and was involved in a major, but unsuccessful, strike in 1883. This experi ...

(1852–1939), British trade unionist and politician *

Alonzo Gee Alonzo Edward Gee (born May 29, 1987) is an American professional basketball player. Born and raised in Riviera Beach, Florida, Gee attended the University of Alabama, where he played for the Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team for four ...

(born 1987) American basketball player *

Andrew Gee (rugby league) Andrew Gee (born 23 April 1970) is an Australian rugby league administrator and former football operations manager at the Brisbane Broncos of the NRL. Also a former player with the club, he was a Queensland State of Origin representative , an ...

(born 1970), Australian rugby player *

Andrew Gee (politician) Andrew Robert Gee (born 13 September 1968) is an Australian politician who served as the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Minister for Defence Personnel in the Morrison Government from 2021 to 2022. He was previously the Minister for Decen ...

(born c. 1968), Australian politician from New South Wales * Bobby Gee (born 1953), occasional spelling of singer Bobby G *

Cara Gee Cara Gee (born July 18, 1983) is a Canadian film, television, and stage actress. She is known for her roles in the television series ''Strange Empire'' and '' The Expanse''. She is described by Forbes as "one of the most prominent indigenous wome ...

(born 1983), Canadian actress * Catherine Gee (born 1967), British television presenter *

Constance Bumgarner Gee Constance Bumgarner Gee is an American scholar, memoirist, animal rights activist, and advocate of the medical use of cannabis. She was the founder and director of the Arts Policy and Administration Program at The Ohio State University, and later ...

, American scholar, memoirist, and medical cannabis advocate *

Darron Gee Darron Gee is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder. He was most recently the assistant manager of York City. Gee played in non-League football with Hucknall Town, before moving into management with Dunkirk, with whom he ...

(born 1962), English football player and manager * David Gee (disambiguation), multiple people *

Delbert Gee Delbert C. Gee is a retired Judge of the Superior Court of California (United States) in the County of Alameda and served from his appointment in 2002 by the Governor of the State of California until his retirement in 2022. Judge Gee presided ov ...

, American judge from California *

Dillon Gee Dillon Kyle Gee (born April 28, 1986) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, Kansas City Royals, Texas Rangers and Minnesota Twins. In addition, Gee pitched for the ...

(born 1986), baseball player *

Dolly Gee Dolly Maizie Gee (born July 1, 1959) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Early life and education Gee was born in Hawthorne, California, the daughter of Cantonese immi ...

(born 1959), American judge * Dolly Gee (banker) (died 1966), American banker * Dustin Gee (1942–1986), English comedian *

Edward Pritchard Gee Edward Pritchard Gee (1904–1968) was a Cambridge educated, Anglo-Indian tea-planter and an amateur naturalist in Assam, India. He is credited with the 1953 discovery of Gee's golden langur. He is notable as an early influential wildlife con ...

(1904–1968), British naturalist *

Ethel Gee Ethel Elizabeth Gee (10 May 1914 – 7 June 1984), nicknamed "Bunty", was an Englishwoman who helped her lover spy for the Soviet Union. She was a minor member of the Portland Spy Ring. Early life The daughter of a blacksmith, Ethel Gee lived o ...

(1914–1984), British member of the Portland Spy Ring * Franky Gee (1962–2005), frontman for the German pop group Captain Jack * Gilbert Gee, American public health academic *

Gordon Gee Elwood Gordon Gee (born February 2, 1944), known as E. Gordon Gee, is an American academic. As of 2020, he was serving his second term as President of West Virginia University; his first term was from 1981 to 1985. Gee has held more university pr ...

(born 1944), American academic *

Grant Gee Grant Robert Gee (born 24 October 1964) is a British film maker, photographer and cinematographer. He is most noted for his 1998 documentary ''Meeting People Is Easy'' about the British alternative rock group Radiohead. Early life Gee was born ...

(born 1964), British documentary and music video director *

Hector Gee Hector Arthur Gee (10 November 1909 – 1987) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. He played at representative level for Australia ( Heritage № 167), Queensland, British Empire XIII and D ...

(1909–1987), Australian rugby player * Henry Gee (born 1962), British paleontologist *

Henry Gee (dean) Henry Gee, FSA (1858–1938) was an Anglican dean in the first half of the 20th century. He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford and ordained in 1877. In 1880 he was appointed by Dr. Boultbee as junior tutor at the London College of Divin ...

(1858–1938), English churchman and academic * Herbert Leslie Gee (1901–1977), English writer *

James Paul Gee James Gee (; born April 15, 1948) is a retired American researcher who has worked in psycholinguistics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, bilingual education, and literacy. Gee most recently held the position as the Mary Lou Fulton Presidentia ...

(born 1948), researcher in psycholinguistics * Jon Gee (born 1960), Australian politician *

Joshua Gee Joshua Gee (1667–1730) was a British merchant, publicist and writer in economics who mainly focused on trade. Gee is best known for his book called ''The Trade and Navigation of Great Britain Consider'd'' which was first published in London, 172 ...

(1667–1730), British merchant, publicist and writer * Keith Gee, Australian rugby player *

Ken Gee Kenneth Gee (23 September 1916 – 17 April 1989) was an English rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He played at representative level for Great Britain winning 17 caps between 1946 and 1951, England winning 18-ca ...

(1916–1989), English rugby player * Maggie Gee (disambiguation), multiple people, including: ** Maggie Gee (novelist) (born 1948), English novelist **

Maggie Gee (pilot) Maggie Gee (August 5, 1923February 1, 2013) was an American aviation, aviator who served in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) in World War II. She was one of two Chinese-American women to serve in the organization, the other being Hazel Yi ...

(1923–2013), American aviator *

Maurice Gee Maurice Gough Gee (born 22 August 1931) is a New Zealand novelist. He is one of New Zealand's most distinguished and prolific authors, having written over thirty novels for adults and children, and has won numerous awards both in New Zealand an ...

(born 1931), New Zealand novelist * Paris Gee (born 1994), Canadian soccer player * Peter Gee (1932–2005), British-born artist *

Prunella Gee Prunella Mary Gee (born 17 February 1950) is an English counsellor, therapist and former actress, best known for her work as an actress in the 1970s and 1980s, and for the role of Doreen Heavey in ''Coronation Street'', a part she first played in ...

(born 1950), English actress * Rich Gee (1894–1968), American baseball player *

Richard Gee (judge) Richard Walter Gee (19 October 1933 – 2 January 2017) was an Australian judge of the Family Court of Australia from 1980 to 1999. In 1984, he survived the bombing of his home in a series of attacks targeting Family Court judges between 1980 a ...

(1933–2017), Australian judge *

Robert Gee Captain (British Army and Royal Marines), Captain Robert Gee (7 May 1876 – 2 August 1960) was an History of Jews in England, English-Jewish recipient of the Victoria Cross and a Conservative Member of Parliament. Biography Born in Leicester, ...

(1876–1960), English recipient of the Victoria Cross * Robin Gee, American dancer, choreographer, and film director *

Rosko Gee Rosko Gee is a Jamaican bassist, who has played with the English band Traffic on their albums ''When the Eagle Flies'' (1974) and ''The Last Great Traffic Jam'' (2005); with Go featuring Stomu Yamashta, Steve Winwood, Michael Shrieve, Klaus Sch ...

, bassist with bands such as Traffic and Can *

Rupert Jee Rupert Jee (born July 16, 1956) is an American entrepreneur and television celebrity who gained fame from his frequent appearances on ''Late Show with David Letterman'', where he sometimes used the alter ego Kenny. He first appeared on the ''La ...

(born 1956), business owner and television personality *

Spoonie Gee Gabriel Jackson (born May 27, 1963), better known by his stage name Spoonie Gee, is one of the earliest rap artists, and one of the few to have released rap records in the 1970s. He has been credited with originating the term hip hop and some o ...

(born 1963), American rapper * Sue Gee (born 1947), British novelist *

Tamara Gee Tamara Diane Wimer (born October 11, 1972), known professionally as Tamara Gee (formerly Isis Gee), is an American pop singer and songwriter. She grew up singing and performing from the age of 5, and was a professional vocalist by the time she w ...

(born 1972), American singer-songwriter *

Thomas Gee Thomas Gee (24 January 181528 September 1898), was a Welsh Nonconformist preacher, journalist and publisher. Gee was born in Denbigh, Wales. At the age of fourteen he went into his father's printing office, Gwasg Gee, but continued to attend ...

(1815–1898), Welsh preacher * Tom Gee (1900–1984), American baseball player * Valmai Gee (born 1971), Irish cricketer

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