Gerard

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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 (Southern England) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈɹɑɹd/
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d

Proper noun

Gerard

A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
  He was famous, sir, in his profession, and it was his great right to be so: Gerard de Narbon.
A surname originating as a patronymic.

Related terms

Translations

male given name

Afrikaans: Gerard
Basque: Gerard, Gerardo
Bengali: জেরার্ড (jerarḍo)
Catalan: Gerard (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 傑勒德／杰勒德 (Jiélèdé)
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 (it) m
Latvian: Ģirts m
Manx: Gerrard m
Portuguese: Gerardo m
Russian: Жера́р (ru) m (Žerár), Ге́рхард (ru) m (Gérxard), Дже́ра́рд m (Džérárd)
Sicilian: Cilardu m
Spanish: Gerardo (es) m
Swedish: Gerhard (sv)
Walloon: Djuråd (wa), Djeråd (wa)

Anagrams

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

Basque

Proper noun

Gerard ?

a male given name

References

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

Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *Gērhard, from Proto-West Germanic *Gaiʀahard.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɣeː.rɑrt/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: Ge‧rard

Proper noun

Gerard m

a male given name

Related terms

Geerd

Anagrams

drager

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