Gerard

See also: Gérard

English

Etymology

From Old French Gerart, from Frankish *Gērahard, from Proto-Germanic *Gaizaharduz, a construction of *gaizaz (“spear, pike, javelin”) + *harduz (“hard, brave”).

Proper noun

Gerard

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
   • 1598 William Shakespeare: All's Well That Ends Well: Act I, Scene I:

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

Related terms

• Garrett
• Gerry
• Jerry

Translations

male given name

• Bengali: জেরার্ড (jerarḍo)
• Catalan: Gerard (ca) m
• Danish: Gerhard
• Dutch: Gerard (nl) m
• Esperanto: Gerardo
• Estonian: Kert
• French: Gérard (fr)
• Galician: Xerardo (gl) m
• German: Gerhard (de)
• Greek: Γεράρδος (el) (Gerárdos)
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• Irish: Gearóid m
• Italian: Gerardo (it) m, Gherardo m
• Latvian: Ģirts m
• Manx: Gerrard m
• Portuguese: Gerardo m
• Russian: Жера́р (ru) m (Žerár), Ге́рхард (ru) m (Gérxard), Дже́ра́рд m (Džérárd)
• Spanish: Gerardo (es) m
• Swedish: Gerhard (sv)
• Walloon: Djuråd (wa), Djeråd (wa)

Anagrams

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

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Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Frankish *Gērahard, from Proto-Germanic *Gaizaharduz. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣeː.rɑrt/

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• Hyphenation: Ge‧rard

Proper noun

Gerard m

1. a male given name

Related terms

• Geerd

Anagrams

• drager