Gerard

Also, Gé·rard·. a male given name, form of Gerald.

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Gerard (Old French: [dʒerɑrd]) is a male forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this case, those constituents are gari > ger- (meaning 'spear') and -hard (meaning 'hard/strong/brave').
Common forms of the name are Gerard (English, Scottish, Irish, Dutch, Polish and Catalan); Gerrard (English, Scottish, Irish); Gerardo (Italian, Portuguese and Spanish); 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 (Afrikaans, Dutch, and German); Gellért (Hungarian); Gerardas (Lithuanian) and Gerards/Ģirts (Latvian); Γεράρδης (Greece). 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).
The introduction of the name 'Gerard' into the English language took place following the Norman conquest of England in 1066. Its original forms in Old French were “Gerard, Gerart” [dʒeʁɑʁ] and “Girart”.
Patronymic surnames derived from a form of Gerard include Garrard, Garritsen, Gerard, Geertsen, Gerardet, Gerardi, Gerdes, Gerrard, Gerretsen, Gerrits(e), Gerritsen, Ghiraldi, and Giraud.
The name Gerald, while phonetically similar to Gerard, derives from a slightly different set of constituents: ger and wald (meaning 'rule/lead').

Gérard (French: [ʒeʁɑʁ]) is a French masculine given name of Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this case, those constituents are gari > ger- (meaning 'spear') and -hard (meaning 'hard/strong/brave'). The English cognate of Gérard is Gerard.

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Masc. proper name, from Old French Gerart (Modern French Gérard), of Germanic origin; compare Old High German Gerhard, literally "strong with the spear," from ger "spear" (see gar) + hart "hard" (see hard (adj.)).

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Strength of the spear, bold spear.

Gerry, Gert, Gerd, Gerardus, Gerhardt, Gerrit, Jerry, Geert, Gerhard, Gerardo, Gerhardus, Gerarado

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Gerard Butler	1969	Scottish actor
2	Gerard Piqué	1987	Spanish footballer
3	Gerard Way	1977	American musician and comic book writer
4	Gérard Depardieu	1948	French actor
5	Gerard Deulofeu	1994	Footballer
6	Gérard Louis-Dreyfus	1932	Businessman
7	Gil Gerard	1943	Actor
8	Gerard Manley Hopkins	1844	English poet
9	Gérard Filoche	1945	French politician
10	Gérard Houllier	1947	French football manager
11	Gérard Louvin	1946	French television producer
12	Gerard López	1979	Spanish footballer
13	Gerard Gordeau	1959	Dutch wrestler
14	Gerard John Schaefer	1946	American serial killer
15	Gerard Gallant	1963	Canadian ice hockey player
16	Caitlin Gerard	1988	American actress
17	Gerard Kearns	1984	British actor
18	Gérard Miller	1948	French writer
19	Gerard 't Hooft	1946	Dutch theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize winner
20	Gerard Gumbau	1994	Spanish footballer
21	Gerard Damiano	1928	American pornographic film director
22	Gerard Majella	1726	Italian Redemptorist lay brother and saint
23	Gérard de Nerval	1808	French Romantic poet
24	Balthasar Gérard	1557	Assassin of William I of Orange
25	Gerard McSorley	1950	Irish actor
26	Gerard Kuiper	1905	Netherlands-born American astronomer
27	Gérard Filippelli	1942	French actor
28	Gérard Baste	1973	French rapper
29	Gerard Horan	1962	English actor
30	Michael St. Gerard	1961	American actor
31	Gerard van Honthorst	1592	Painter
32	Gérard Mordillat	1949	French film director and author
33	Gerard Philips	1858	Dutch businessman
34	Gérard Pullicino	1958	French television producer, director and composer
35	Gerard da Cunha
36	Gérard Genette	1930	French literary theorist
37	Gerard Moreno Balagueró	1992	Spanish footballer
38	Gérard Blanchard	1953	French singer-songwriter
39	Gerard Kelly	1959	Actor
40	Gerard Smith	1974	American visual artist and musician
41	Gerard Malanga	1943	American photographer and poet
42	Gérard Philipe	1922	French actor
43	Gerard Adriaan Heineken	1841	Founder of beer company Heineken International
44	Gerard K. O'Neill	1927	Physicist, author, and inventor
45	Gérard Jugnot	1951	French actor
46	Gerard Bi Goua Gohou	1988	Footballer
47	Gerard W. Ford	1924	Co-founder of Ford Models
48	Gerard Kleisterlee	1946	Dutch businessman
49	François Gérard	1770	French painter
50	Gérard Wertheimer	1950	French businessman
51	Gerard Baker
52	Gérard Larcher	1949	French politician
53	Gerard Christopher	1959	Actor
54	Gerard Parkes	1936	Irish-Canadian actor
55	Gérard Collard	1952	French bookseller, columnist and literary critic
56	Gérard Debreu	1921	French economist and mathematician
57	Gerard Lopez	1971	Luxembourgian businessman
58	Gérard Noiriel	1950	French sociologist
59	Gerard Hoffnung	1925	German-born British musical humourist
60	Gerard David	1450	Early Netherlandish painter
61	Gerard ter Borch	1617	Painter from the Northern Netherlands
62	Gerard Joling	1962	Dutch singer
63	Gérard Poirier	1930	Canadian actor
64	Gerard Jones	1957	American author and comic book writer
65	Gerard de Lairesse	1640	Painter and engraver from the Northern Netherlands
66	Gérard Oury	1919	French director and actor
67	Gerard Murphy	1955	Irish actor
68	Gerard Warren	1978	American football player, defensive lineman
69	Gerard McCarthy	1981	Actor
70	Gerard de Ridefort	1141	Knight Templar
71	Gérard Mulliez	1931	French businessman
72	Gerard Healy	1961	Australian rules footballer
73	Gérard Darmon	1948	French actor and singer
74	Gérard Rondeau	1953	French photographer
75	Gerard Stokes		New Zealand rugby league player
76	Gérard Surugue	1946	French actor
77	Gérard Collomb	1947	French politician
78	Gerard van der Wulp	1950	Dutch journalist
79	Gerard of Cremona	1114	Italian translator, astrologer, and astronomer
80	Gerard Reve	1923	Dutch writer
81	Gérard de Suresnes	1961	French radio host (1961-2005)
82	Gérard Grisey	1946	French composer
83	Gérard Blain	1930	1930-2000 French actor, film director and screenwriter
84	Gerard McMahon		British musician
85	Gérard Lanvin	1950	French actor
86	Gérard Araud	1953	French diplomat
87	Gérard Palaprat	1950	French singer-songwriter
88	Gérard Chaillou	1946	French actor
89	Gérard Encausse	1865	Spanish-born French physician, hypnotist, and popularizer of occultism, who founded the modern Martinist Order
90	Gerard Whateley		Australian sports commentator
91	Gerard Henderson	1945	Australian journalist
92	Gerard Beale	1990	New Zealand rugby league player
93	Gerard Sekoto	1913	South African artist and musician
94	Gérard Biard	1959	Editor‑in‑chief of Charlie Hebdo
95	Gerard Brennan	1928	Australian judge
96	Gerard Menuhin	1948	Swiss film producer
97	Gerard Basset		Master of Wine
98	Gérard Desarthe	1945	French actor
99	Gerard Helders	1905	Dutch politician
100	Gerard Kennedy	1960	Food bank executive
101	Rosemonde Gérard	1866	French poet and playwright
102	Gerard Schwarz	1947	American conductor
103	Brigadier Gerard
104	Gerard Adams	1984
105	Gerard Bouman	1952
106	Gerard Batten	1954	British politician
107	Gerard E. Lynch	1951	United States federal judge
108	Gerard Benderoth	1969	American strength athlete
109	Gerard Salton	1927	American computer scientist
110	Étienne Maurice Gérard	1773	Marshal of France
111	John Gerard	1564	English priest
112	Gerard Pappa	1944	American mobster
113	Gérard Lenorman	1945	French singer
114	Gérard Watkins	1965	French/British actor, playwright, and director.
115	Gérard de Villiers	1929	French writer
116	Gérard Meylan	1952	French actor
117	Gérard Brémond	1937	French businessperson
118	Gerard Phelan	1963	American former college football player; businessperson
119	Gerard Mannix Flynn	1957	Irish actor, writer and politician
120	Gérard Bourgeois	1936	French composer
121	Gerard Salonga	1973	Filipino singer
122	Gerard Lyons	1961	British economist
123	Gerard Canonico	1989	American stage actor
124	James W. Gerard	1867	American judge and diplomat
125	Gérard Sire	1927	French radio host and screenwriter
126	Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake	1744	British Army general
127	Vin Gerard	1986	American professional wrestler
128	Gerard de Vries	1933	Dutch radio dj
129	Gerard Croiset	1909	Dutch psychic
130	Gerard I of Paris
131	Gérard Nicoud	1947	French syndicalism
132	Gérard Loussine	1956	French actor, compositor and singer
133	Gérard Carreyrou	1942	French journalist
134	Gerard Evans		Irish forced disappearance
135	Gérard Croce	1947	French actor and film producer
136	Gérard Mestrallet	1949	French businessman
137	Gerard Cosloy	1964	American music executive
138	Gérard Deltell	1964	Canadian politician
139	Gerard Thom	1047	Founder of the Knights Hospitaller
140	Gerard van Swieten	1700	Austrian doctor
141	Gerard Huerta
142	Gerard van Essen	1924	Dutch television actor (1924-1997)
143	Gerard Kenny	1947	American musician
144	Olivier Gérard	1973	French composer, guitarist and record producer
145	Gerard Greene	1973	Northern Irish snooker player
146	Gérard Saillant	1945
147	Gérard Darier		French actor
148	Gérard Royal		French spy
149	Danyel Gérard	1939	French singer
150	Gérard Bonnet	1944	French politician
151	Leo Gerard	1947	Canadian trade unionist
152	Gerard Broadmead Roope	1905	Recipient of the Victoria Cross
153	Gerard Nolst Trenité	1870	Dutch writer
154	Gerard Tuite	1955	Irish Republican
155	Gerard Davison	1967
156	Gérard de Rooy	1980	Dutch truck racer
157	Emily Gerard	1849	British writer
158	Gerard van Gemert	1964	Dutch writer
159	Gérard Courant	1951	French actor
160	Gérard Lartigau	1942	French actor
161	Gerard Sanderink	1948	Dutch businessperson and top-level functionary
162	Gérard Lefort	1952	French journalist and film critic
163	Gérard Dionne	1919	Canadian Catholic bishop
164	Gerard Barrett	1987	Film director
165	Gérard Souzay	1918	French opera singer
166	Gérard Brach	1927	French screenwriter and film director
167	Marguerite Gérard	1761	French painter
168	Gerard J. M. van den Aardweg	1936	Dutch psychologist
169	Gerard Bucknall	1894	British Army general
170	Gerard Wallop, 9th Earl of Portsmouth	1898	British politician
171	Gerard Shelley	1891	British linguist, author and translator
172	Gérard Dessalles		French actor
173	Gérard Leman	1851	Belgian general
174	Gérard Pinteau	1954	French actor
175	Méline Gérard	1990	French footballer
176	Gérard Marin	1926	French journalist
177	Gerard Wilk	1944
178	Gerard Ryle		Australian journalist
179	Gerard Egan
180	Gerard Wiekens	1973	Dutch footballer
181	Gérard Larrousse	1940	French racecar driver and team manager
182	Gerald Donaghy	1954	Bloody Sunday victim
183	Gaston Gérard	1878	French politician
184	Gérard Prunier	1942	French academic
185	Gérard Paradis	1921	Canadian actor
186	Gerard Fagel	1946	Dutch chef
187	Gérard Thibault d'Anvers	1574	Dutch swordsman
188	Gérard Rudolf	1966	South African actor
189	Gérard Cornu	1926	French jurist (1926-2007)
190	Gerard	1100	Bishop of Hereford; Lord Chancellor; Archbishop of York
191	Gérard Pirès	1942	French film director
192	Vincent Gérard	1986	French handball player
193	Gerard Steenson		Irish republican paramilitary
194	Gerard Cowhig	1921	American football player
195	Gérard Croissant	1949
196	Gerard Maguire	1945	Australian actor
197	Gerard Seghers	1591	Flemish Baroque painter
198	Gérard Dalongeville	1970	French politician
199	Gerard Spruit	1922	Dutch criminal (1922-1989)
200	Gérard Lebovici	1932	French film producer