Name: Gerald
Gender: Male
Usage: Gerald is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Gerald are in general originating from Albania, Austria, France, Germany, Ireland, Malta, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Gerald across the world, see Geraldine, Gérald.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Gerald is: Spear ruler, Spear warrior.
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Numerology of the first name Gerald: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 11. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: charismatic, inspiring, dreamy, six-sensed, discerning.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Charismatic, Inspiring
Ruling planet: Moon
Colors: Green, Cream
Gemstones: Pearl, Jade, Moonstone
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The name Gerald is ranked on the 549th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 1057900 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.015% of the population. The name Gerald has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Gerald for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Gerald is 12 November.
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History and Origin
Gerald is a masculine German given name meaning "rule of the spear" from the prefix ger- ("spear") and suffix -wald ("rule"). Variants include the English given name Jerrold, and the feminine nickname Jeri. Gerald is less common as a surname. People with the name Gerald include:
English and Irish: of Germanic origin, composed of the elements gār, gēr spear + wald rule. The name was introduced to Britain by the Normans, but soon became confused with Gerard. It died out in England at the end of the 13th century. However, it continued in Ireland, where it had been brought in the 12th century, at the time of Strongbow's invasion, principally by Maurice Fitzgerald, ‘son of Gerald’. The name was revived in England in the 19th century, along with several other long-extinct names of Germanic and Celtic origin, and is now more common than Gerard, which survived all along as an English ‘gentry’ name.
Variant: Jerrold.
Cognates: Irish Gaelic: Gearóid, Gearalt. Welsh: Gerallt. Dutch: Gerolt. German: Gerhold. Italian: Giraldo. French: Gérald, Géraud.
Short form: English: Ged.
Pet forms: English: Gerry, Jerry.
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