Gerard

See also:Gérard

English

Alternative forms

• Gerrard

Etymology

FromMiddle EnglishGerard,fromOld FrenchGerart,fromFrankish*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

1. A malegiven namefrom the Germanic languages.
   • c.1604–1605(date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”,inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard,andEd[ward]Blount,published1623,→OCLC,[Act I, scene i]:

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

2. Asurnameoriginating as a patronymic.

Related terms

• Garrett
• Gerry
• Jerry

Translations

male given name

• Afrikaans:Gerard
• Basque:Gerard,Gerardo
• Bengali:জেরার্ড(jerarḍo)
• Catalan:Gerard(ca)m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Kiệt lặc đức／Kiệt lặc đức(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:Gearóidm
• Italian:Gerardo(it)m,Gherardo(it)m
• Latvian:Ģirtsm
• Manx:Gerrardm
• Portuguese:Gerardom
• Russian:Жера́р(ru)m(Žerár),Ге́рхард(ru)m(Gérxard),Дже́ра́рдm(Džérárd)
• Sicilian:Cilardum
• Spanish:Gerardo(es)m
• Swedish:Gerhard(sv)
• Walloon:Djuråd(wa),Djeråd(wa)

Anagrams

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

Basque

Proper noun

Gerard?

1. a malegiven name

References

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

Dutch

Etymology

FromOld Dutch*Gērhard,fromProto-West Germanic*Gaiʀahard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈɣeː.rɑrt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation:Ge‧rard

Proper noun

Gerardm

1. a malegiven name

Related terms

• Geerd

Anagrams

• drager