Gerard

Gerard

See also: Gérard

English

Alternative forms

• Gerrard

Etymology

From Middle English Gerard, from Old French Gerart, from Frankish *Gaiʀahard, from *gaiʀ (“spear”) + *hard(ī) (“hard, brave”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛɹɑːd/

  • Audio (UK)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈɹɑɹd/
• Rhymes: (US) -ɑɹd

Proper noun

Gerard

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
   • c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s VVell, that Ends VVell”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i]:

     He was famous, sir, in his profession, and it was his great right to be so: Gerard de Narbon.

2. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Related terms

• Garrett
• Gerry
• Jerry

Translations

male given name

Basque: Gerard, Gerardo Bengali: জেরার্ড (jerarḍ) Catalan: Gerard (ca) m Danish: Gerhard Dutch: Gerard (nl) m Esperanto: Gerardo Estonian: Kert French: Gérard (fr) Galician: Xerardo (gl) m German: Gerhard (de) Greek: Γεράρδος (el) (Gerárdos) Hungarian: Gellért (hu) Irish: Gearóid m Italian: Gerardo (it) m, Gherardo m Latvian: Ģirts m Manx: Gerrard m Portuguese: Gerardo m Russian: Жера́р (ru) m (Žerár), Ге́рхард (ru) m (Gérxard), Дже́ра́рд m (Džérárd) Spanish: Gerardo (es) m Swedish: Gerhard (sv) Walloon: Djuråd (wa), Djeråd (wa)

Anagrams

• Drager, Grader, grader, red rag, redrag, regard

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Basque

Proper noun

Gerard ?

1. a male given name

References

• Xarles Bidegain, Izendegia, 1999, Elkarlanean, Donostia, →ISBN, page 189

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Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Gaiʀahard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣeː.rɑrt/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Ge‧rard

Proper noun

Gerard m

1. a male given name

Related terms

• Geerd

Anagrams

• drager