Gerard
See also: Gérard
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English Gerard, from Old French Gerart, from Frankish *Gaiʀahard, from *gaiʀ (“spear”) + *hard(ī) (“hard, brave”).
Pronunciation
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Audio (UK): (file)
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- Rhymes: (US) -ɑɹd
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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
- 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
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Anagrams
Basque
Proper noun
Gerard ?
- a male given name
References
- Xarles Bidegain, Izendegia, 1999, Elkarlanean, Donostia, →ISBN, page 189
Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *Gaiʀahard.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gerard m
- a male given name
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