Gerard

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Gerard

/ˈd͡ʒɛɹɑːd/ UK
/d͡ʒəˈɹɑɹd/ US

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)d

Where it comes from

From Middle English Gerard, from Old French Gerart, from Frankish *Gaiʀahard, from *gaiʀ (“spear”) + *hard(ī) (“hard, brave”).

proper noun Gerrard

A male given name from the Germanic languages. 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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: gerrard, rousseau, marchant, craze, fever, hot, alain, georges, gerardo, gerhard, gérard, gerald, gerhardt, gerardus, jerrold, girard

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name male given name

Español	Gerardo
中文	傑勒德 /杰勒德 Jiélèdé
हिन्दी	जेरार्ड jerārḍ
Português	Gerardo
Français	Gérard
Deutsch	Gerhard
Italiano	Gerardo, Gherardo
Ελληνικά	Γεράρδος Gerárdos
Русский	Жера́р Žerár, Ге́рхард Gérxard, Дже́ра́рд Džérárd

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Chicago

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@misc{gerard_2026,
  title = {Gerard},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gerard},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}