The name Gerald, while phonetically similar to Gerard, derives from a slightly different set of constituents: ger and wald (meaning 'rule/lead'). Patronymic surnames derived from a form of Gerard include Garrard, Garritsen, Gerard, Geertsen, Gerardet, Gerardi, Gerdes, Gerrard, Gerretsen, Gerrits(e), Gerritsen, Ghiraldi, and Giraud. Its original forms in Old French were “Gerard, Gerart” and “Girart”. The introduction of the name 'Gerard' into the English language took place following the Norman conquest of England in 1066. A few abbreviated forms are Gerry and Jerry (English) Gerd (German) and Gert (Afrikaans and Dutch) Gerrit (Afrikaans and Dutch) Gertjie (Afrikaans) Geert (Dutch) and Жоро ( Bulgarian). In this case, those constituents are gari > ger- (meaning 'spear') and - hard (meaning 'hard/strong/brave').Ĭommon forms of the name are Gerard (English, Scottish, Irish, Dutch, Polish and Catalan) Gerrard (English, Scottish, Irish) Gerardo ( Italian, and Spanish) Geraldo ( Portuguese) Gherardo ( Italian) Gherardi ( Northern Italian, now only a surname) Gérard (variant forms Girard and Guérard, now only surnames, French) Gearóid ( Irish) Gerhardt and Gerhart/ Gerhard/ Gerhardus ( German, Dutch, and Afrikaans) Gellért ( Hungarian) Gerardas ( Lithuanian) and Gerards/ Ģirts ( Latvian) Γεράρδης ( Greece). Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Gérard, Gerardo, Gerd, Gerhard, Gerhardt, Gerhardus, Gerrit, Gerry, Geert, Gert, Gertje, Gherardo, Girard, Guérard, Jerry
UK: / ˈ dʒ ɛr ɑːr d/ JERR-ard, US: / dʒ ə ˈ r ɑːr d/ jə- RARDĬommon in regions where Germanic and/or Romance languages are spoken For other uses, see Gerard (disambiguation).
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