Gerald


Gender:
Origin: German
1423 famous people named Gerald found on Wikipedia.
447455 male, 2385 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 894-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 19-th in year 1939
Used in: English, German

Meanings

A male given name: from Germanic words meaning “spear” and “rule.”.

Gerald is a masculine German given name meaning "rule of the spear" from the prefix ger- ("spear") and suffix -wald ("rule"). Variants include the English given name Jerrold, and the feminine nickname Jeri. Gerald is less common as a surname.
Gerald is an English, Irish, Scottish, and German language masculine given name. The name also exists in French with the accent Gérald.

Gérald is a French male given name, a variant of the old Géraud and more common Gérard, both equivalent to Gerald in English.
People with the name include:
Gérald Mossé
Gérald de Palmas
Gérald Leblanc
Less frequently the French name also occurs as the English name, without the accent:
Gerald Messadié, Egypt-born French writer
It is also occasionally a French surname, as in:
Jim Gérald (1889–1958), French actor

Masc. proper name, introduced into England by the Normans, from Old French Giralt, from Old High German Gerwald, "spear-wielder," from Proto-Germanic *girald, from *ger "spear" (see gar) + base of waltan "to rule" (cognate with Old English wealdan; from PIE root *wal- "to be strong"). The name often was confused with Gerard.

Combine of Germanic word ger (spear) and ald (derived from athala, noble or ruler).

Famous People: 1423 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Gerald Ford 1913 American politician, 38th president of the United States (in office from 1974 to 1977)
2 Gerald McRaney 1947 Actor
3 Gerald Durrell 1925 Naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, author and television presenter
4 Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster 1951 British billionaire landowner, businessman and Territorial Army officer
5 Gerald Levert 1966 American R&B singer
6 Gerald Wallace 1982 American basketball player
7 Gerald McClellan 1967 American boxer
8 Gerald Anderson 1989 Filipino actor, dancer
9 Gerald Kaufman 1930 British politician
10 Gerald Bull 1928 Canadian artillery engineer, entrepreneur
11 Gerald Ratner 1949 British businessman
12 Gerald McCoy 1988 American gridiron football player
13 Gerald Brisco 1946 Professional wrestler and amateur wrestler
14 Gerald Washington 1982 Boxer
15 Gerald Gardner 1884 British Wiccan leader
16 Gerald Christian 1991 American football player
17 Matt Gerald 1970 American actor
18 Gerald Scarfe 1936 English cartoonist, illustrator, animator
19 Gerald Hüther 1951 German neurobiologist and author
20 Gerald Hörhan 1975 Austrian manager
21 Gerald W. Abrams 1939 American producer
22 Gerald Henderson 1956 American basketball player
23 Gerald Casale 1948 American musician
24 Gerald Henderson, Jr. 1987 American basketball player
25 Gerald Asamoah 1978 German footballer
26 Gerald Sim 1925 English actor
27 Gerald Uelmen 1940
28 Gerald Mohr 1914 American radio, film and television character actor
29 Gerald Friend 1938 Convicted criminal
30 Gerald Butts 1971 Canadian politician
31 Gerald Lepkowski Australian actor
32 Gerald Yohanes Putra
33 Gerald Finzi 1901 British composer
34 Gerald R. Molen 1935 American film producer
35 A Guy Called Gerald 1967 British musician
36 Gerald Strebendt 1979 American martial artist
37 Gerald Hodges 1991 American football player
38 Gerald Stano 1951 American murderer
39 Gerald Lascelles 1924 Younger son of Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood
40 Gerald Mason 1934 American murderer
41 Gerald L. K. Smith 1898 American politician
42 Gerald Ridsdale 1934 Australian priest
43 Gerald Imber American plastic surgeon
44 Gerald Posner 1954 American journalist
45 Gerald of Wales 1146 Medieval clergyman and historian
46 Gerald S. O'Loughlin 1921 American actor
47 Gerald Wilkins 1963 American basketball player
48 Gerald Celente 1946 American trend forecaster
49 Gerald Edelman 1929 American biologist
50 Gerald Jay Sussman 1947 American computer scientist
51 Gerald McCullouch 1967 American actor, musician and director
52 Gérald Thomassin 1974 French actor
53 Gerald Sensabaugh 1983 Player of American football
54 Gerald Cohen 1941 Canadian philosopher
55 Gérald Dahan 1973 French actor and impressionist
56 Gerald Ronson 1939 British businessman
57 Gerald Templer 1898 Senior British Army officer
58 Gerald Harris 1979 American martial artist
59 Gerald Harper 1929 British actor
60 Gérald Genta 1931 Swiss watch designer
61 Gerald Howarth 1947 British politician
62 Gerald Albright 1957 Saxophonist
63 Gerald Butler 1930 British judge
64 Gerald Parker 1955 American serial killer
65 Gerald Schroeder American physicist
66 Gerald Duckworth 1870 British publisher
67 Gerald Brom 1965 American artist
68 Gerald du Maurier 1873 British actor
69 Gerald Melzer 1990 Austrian tennis player
70 Gerald Massey 1828 British poet
71 Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington 1885 Duke of Wellington
72 Gerald Seymour 1941 British writer
73 Gerald J. Ford 1945 American banker
74 Gerald D. Hines 1925 American businessman
75 Gerald Anthony 1951 American actor
76 Gerald Holtom 1914 British artist
77 Gerald Rudolff Ford 1890 American politician and businessman
78 Gerald Laird 1979 Baseball player from the United States
79 Gerald Grosvenor, 4th Duke of Westminster 1907 Duke of Westminster
80 Gerald Kean 1957 Irish solicitor
81 Gerald P. Carr 1932 American astronaut
82 Gerald Campion 1921 British actor
83 Gerald Thomas 1920 British film director, film editor and film producer
84 Gerald Austin 1941 American football official
85 Gerald Giam 1977 Singapore Member of Parliament
86 Gerald Wilson 1918 American trumpetist
87 Gerald Brenan 1894 British writer and Hispanist
88 Gerald Nye 1892 American politician and antiwar activist
89 Gerald Heard 1889 British writer and academic
90 Gerald Hassell 1952 American banker
91 Gerald Schaale 1955 German actor and voice actor
92 Gerald Riggs 1960 Player of American football
93 Gérald Kierzek 1974 French emergency physician
94 Gerald the Fearless 1200 Portuguese knight
95 Gerald L. Baliles 1940 Governor of Virginia
96 Gerald Alston 1951 American singer
97 Gerald M. Levin 1939 American mass-media businessman
98 Gerald Regan 1928 Canadian politician
99 Gerald Vanenburg 1964 Dutch footballer
100 Gerald Davies 1945 Welsh rugby union player
101 Ed Fitz Gerald 1924 American baseball player
102 Gerald Shargel 1944 American lawyer
103 Gerald Vizenor 1934 American writer
104 Gerald Foos
105 Gerald Hönig 1958
106 Gerald Moore 1899 English pianist
107 Gerald Paradies 1956 German actor, voice actor and stage actor
108 Gerald Donald 1980 American musician
109 Gerald Forsythe American businessman
110 Gerald Okamura 1940 American actor
111 Gerald Horne 1949 Professor of History and African American Studies
112 Gerald Votava 1970 Austrian actor
113 Gerald Clayton 1984 American musician
114 Gerald Holton 1922 American physicist
115 Gerald Early 1952 American poet
116 Gérald Watelet 1963 Belgian designer
117 Gerald Flood 1927 British actor
118 Gearóid Mór FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare 1456 Irish peer and Lord Deputy of Ireland
119 Gerald Tsai 1929 American money manager
120 Gerald Weinberg 1933 American computer scientist
121 Gerald Legge, 9th Earl of Dartmouth 1924 Earl of Dartmouth
122 Gerald Nabarro 1913 British politician
123 Gerald Pichowetz 1964 Austrian actor and voice actor
124 Gerald Eaton Canadian singer-songwriter
125 Gerald Fredrick Töben 1944 Australian writer
126 Gerald Westerby Chraracter by John le Carré
127 Gerald Fried 1928 American composer
128 Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare 1487 Lord Deputy of Ireland
129 Gerald Blanchard 1972 Canadian criminal
130 Gerald de Windsor 1070 Cambro-Norman nobleman
131 Gerald Amirault 1954 Convict/child sexual abuse
132 Gerald Sibon 1974 Dutch footballer
133 Gerald Finley 1960 Canadian baritone
134 Gérald Lacroix 1957 Canadian cardinal
135 Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland 1861 Maltese-British politician
136 Gerald Kingsland 1930 British journalist
137 Gerald Guralnik 1932 American physicist
138 Gerald Grosz 1977 Austrian politician
139 Gerald Squires 1937 Canadian artist
140 Gerald D. Griffin 1934 American flight director
141 Gerald Caplan 1938 Canadian writer and activist
142 Gerald Haxton 1892 American secretary
143 Gerald Sinstadt 1930 British football commentator
144 Gerald Lathbury 1906 British Army general
145 Gérald de Palmas 1967 French singer
146 Gerald Lee 1987 Finnish basketball player
147 Gerald L. Storch Is a business executive who is CEO of Hudson's Bay Company. He is the Founder and CEO of Storch Advisors, a global business and management advisory firm.
148 Gerald Bard Tjoflat 1929 American judge
149 Gerald Fitch 1982 American basketball player
150 Gerald Long 1944 American politician
151 Gerald Potterton 1931 British animator and director
152 Gerald Bruce Lee 1952 American judge
153 Gérald Caussé 1963 Mormon leader
154 Gerald O'Collins 1932 Australian Jesuit priest, theologian and philosopher
155 Gerald Graff 1937 American academic
156 Gerald Grinstein American businessman
157 Gérald Tremblay 1942 Former mayor of Montreal, Quebec (2001-2012)
158 Gerald Kersh 1911 British writer
159 Gerald Kelly 1879 British painter
160 Gerald N. Lund 1939 American Mormon leader
161 Gerald Warner 1945 Scottish writer
162 Gerald FitzGerald, 15th Earl of Desmond 1533 Irish noble
163 Gerald B. Greenberg 1936 American film editor
164 Gerald Reitlinger 1900 British art historian
165 Gerald Everett
166 Gerald Archie Mangun 1919 American Christian leader
167 Gerald Ciolek 1986 Road bicycle racer
168 Gerald Barry 1952 Irish composer
169 Gerald Wiegert 1945 American businessman
170 Gerald Joyce 1956 American biochemist
171 Gerald Chapman 1887 American gang leader in the early 20th century
172 Gerald M. Steinberg Israeli political scientist
173 Gerald Downey 1980 American actor
174 Gerald Rivers 1990 American football player
175 Gerald Corbett 1951 British businessman
176 Gerald Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour 1853 British politician
177 Gerald Barnbaum 1933 American imposter
178 Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare 1525 Irish Earl
179 Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Duke of Leinster 1914 Irish peer
180 Gerald Stern 1925 Poet
181 Gérald Fillion
182 Gerald Arpino 1923 American dancer
183 Gerald Patterson 1895 Australian tennis player
184 Gerald Glass 1967 American basketball player
185 Gerald Goertzel 1919 American theoretical physicist
186 Gerald Hege 1948 American sheriff
187 Gerald Petievich 1944 American writer
188 Gerald B. H. Solomon 1930 Politician and United States Marine
189 Gerald Hamilton 1890 British writer
190 Gerald Phipps 1915 American businessman, sports franchise owner
191 Gerald Garson 1932 American judge
192 Gerald M. Loeb 1899 American stock trader
193 Gerald Alexander 1984 American football safety
194 Gerald R. Murray 1956 Chief Master Sergeant of the US Air Force
195 Gerald Marks 1900 American composer
196 Gerald Feinberg 1933 American physicist
197 Gerald Murnane 1939 Contemporary Australian novelist
198 Gerald Zaltman American academic
199 Gerald Jones 1970 British politician
200 Gerald Di Pego 1941 Screenwriter, producer