Gerard
Sign in to saveGerard is a masculine 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').
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- Given name.name
- Gerard
- Given name.pronunciation
- ,
- Given name.gender
- male
- Given name.meaning
- "strong spear"
- Given name.region
- common in regions where Germanic and/or Romance languages are spoken
- Given name.origin
- Germanic
- Given name.related names
- Gérard, Gerardo, Gerald, Gerd, Gerhard, Gerhardt, Gerhardus, Gerrit, Gerry, Geert, Gert, Gertje, Gherardo, Girard, Guérard, Jerry, Garrett
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- IPA transcription
- ˈɡɛrart
- Commons category
- Gerard (given name)
- native label
- Gerard
- P8168
- hole puncher
- Soundex
- G663
- Cologne phonetics
- 4772
- Caverphone
- KRT111
- Latvian transcription
- Žerārs
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Gerard is a masculine 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); (Italian, and Spanish); (Portuguese); (Italian); (Northern Italian, now only a surname); (variant forms and , now only surnames, French); (Irish); Gerhardt and Gerhart/Gerhard/Gerhardus (German, Dutch, and Afrikaans); (Hungarian); (Lithuanian) and / (Latvian); (Greece). A few abbreviated forms are Gerry and Jerry (English); (German) and (Afrikaans and Dutch); (Afrikaans and Dutch); (Afrikaans); (Dutch) and (Bulgarian).