Gerard

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Gerard is a male forename of Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this case, those constituents are 'ger' (meaning 'spear') and 'hard' (meaning 'hard/strong/brave'). The meaning of the name is thus 'strong/brave with the spear'.

Common forms of the name are Gerard (English, Irish, Dutch and Catalan), Gerardo (Italian and Spanish), Gérard and Girard (French), Gearóid (Irish), Gerhard, Gerhardt and Gerhart (Afrikaans, Dutch, and German), Gellért (Hungarian). A few abbreviated forms are Gerry and Jerry (English and Irish); Gert and Gerd (Afrikaans, Dutch and German); Gerrit (Afrikaans and Dutch); Gertjie (Afrikaans), and Geert (Dutch).

The surname Ge(e)rdes is a patronymic form, ie. "the son of Ger(har)d".

The name Gerald, while phonetically similar to Gerard, derives from a slightly different set of constituents, 'ger' and 'wald'. Its meaning is 'rule of the spear'.

Persons

Persons whose first name is 'Gerard'

All pages beginning with "Gerard"

Actors

• Gerard Butler, Scottish actor
• Gérard Depardieu, French actor

Authors and playwrights

• Gerhart Hauptmann (1882-1946), German dramatist who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912.

Poets

• Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) British Victorian poet and Jesuit priest

Christian saints and figures

• Saint Gerard of Brogne
• Saint Gerard of Clairvaux
• Saint Gerard of Lunel
• Saint Gerard of Toul, bishop of Toul
• Saint Gerard Majella
• Saint Gerard Sagredo, bishop of Hungary
• Gerard de Bourgogne, Pope Nicholas II
• Gerard, Bishop of Hereford (1096–1100) and Archbishop of York (1100–1108)

Musicians

• Gerard McMahon, English singer/songwriter
• Gerard Way, vocalist in My Chemical Romance
• Gerard Yra, vocalist in X-Division
• Gerard Ackland

Politicians

• Gerard (Gerry) Adams, Irish politician, president of Sinn Féin
• Gerard Kennedy, Canadian Liberal politician
• Gerhard Schröder, Chancellor of Germany 1998-2005

Scholars

• Gerard of Cremona (1114–1187), Italian translator of scientific works

Scientists

• Gerard O'Neill, physicist

Sportsmen

• Gerard Bosch van Drakestein (1887-1972), Dutch track cyclist
• Gerard Cieślik, Polish football (soccer) player
• Gerard Gayton , Australian junior socceroo
• Gérard Houllier, former manager of Liverpool F.C. & Olympique Lyonnais
• Gérard Lelièvre, French racewalker
• Gerard López Segú, Spanish/Catalan football (soccer) player
• Gerard Piqué, Catalan football (soccer) player
• Gerard van Velde, Dutch ice speed skater

Persons whose last name is 'Gerard'

• Baron Gerard
• Gerard Baronets
  • Sir Gilbert Gerard (d1593)
  • Richard Gerard (c1635–1680), connected with the Roman Catholic Popish Plot in England
  • John Gerard (Jesuit) (d1637)
• Étienne Maurice Gérard (1773–1852), marshal and later Prime Minister of France
• Geoff Gerard, Australian rugby league footballer
• Jim Gerard (born 1936), full name Richard James Gerard, New Zealand politician
• John Gerard (1545–1612), English botanist
• Rosemonde Gérard (1871–1953), French poet and playwright
• Richard Geoffrey Gerard (1904–1997), New Zealand politician

Persons whose assumed name is 'Gerard'

• Gerhard, Canadian comic book artist.

Fictional characters whose name is 'Gerard'

• Joe Gerard, character in the 1970s sitcom Rhoda.
• Lieutenant Philip Gerard, character in the TV series The Fugitive
• Marshal Samuel Gerard, character in the films The Fugitive and U.S. Marshals
• Gerard DuGalle, an admiral in StarCraft: Brood War
• Brigadier Gerard, a French Hussar, the hero of The Adventures of Brigadier Gerard, and other short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Gerard Duval, a French Printer, killed by Paul Bäumer in the novel All Quiet on the Western Front

Places

• Gerard (Aboriginal Council), a local government area of South Australia

Other

• Gerard, a Japanese progressive rock band.
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