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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