First name origin & meaning:
French: Spear warrior
First name variations: Geraud, Gerardo, Gerhard, Gerhardt, Gerhart, Geraldo, Garold, Gerek, Gerrit, Garrod, Garrard, Gerbert, Girard, Girauld, Girault, Giraut, Gerry, Jerry, Jerard, Jarett, Jarrett, Gerald
Last name origin & meaning:
English (chiefly Lancashire) and French (Gérard): from
the personal name Gerard, Gérard, introduced to
Britain from France by the Normans; it is composed of the Germanic
elements gār, gēr ‘spear’, ‘lance’ + hard
‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’.
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