Gerard
See also: Gérard
EnglishEdit
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EtymologyEdit
From Old French Gerart, from Frankish *Gaiʀahard, from *aiʀ (“spear”) + *hard(ī) (“hard, brave”).
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Gerard
- 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.
- 1598 William Shakespeare: All's Well That Ends Well: Act I, Scene I:
- A patronymic surname.
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TranslationsEdit
male given name
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DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *Gaiʀahard
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Proper nounEdit
Gerard m
- A male given name