Gerard

• Gerrard

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛɹɑːd/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈɹɑɹd/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d

Gerard

1. 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.

2. A surname originating as a patronymic.

• Garrett
• Gerry
• Jerry

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

Gerard ?

1. a male given name

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣeː.rɑrt/

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• Hyphenation: Ge‧rard

Gerard m

1. a male given name

• Geerd

• drager