Nama ''Geri'' dan ''Freki'' telah ditafsirkan dengan arti "si serakah" atau "si rakus".<ref name=SIMEKANDLINDOW>Simek (2007:90; 106); Lindow (2001:120; 139).</ref>
The names ''Geri'' and ''Freki'' have been interpreted as meaning either "the greedy one" or "the ravenous one".<ref name=SIMEKANDLINDOW>Simek (2007:90; 106); Lindow (2001:120; 139).</ref> The name ''Geri'' can be traced back to the [[Proto-Germanic language|Proto-Germanic]] adjective {{lang|gem-x-proto|[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/geraz|geraz]]}}, attested in [[Burgundian language (Germanic)|Burgundian]] ''girs'', [[Old Norse]] {{lang|non|gerr}} and [[Old High German]] {{lang|goh|ger}} or {{wikt-lang|goh|giri}}, all of which mean "greedy".<ref name=OREL132>Orel (2003:132).</ref>
