Name: Gérald
Gender: Male
Usage: Gérald is not a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Gérald are in general originating from Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland.
Variants: For another variant of the name Gérald across the world, see Gerald, Geraldine.
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The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 6. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: responsible, protective, stable, balanced, loving, compassionate.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Romantic, Nurturing
Ruling planet: Venus
Colors: Blue
Gemstones: Emerald
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The name Gérald is ranked on the 73,783rd position of the most used names. It means that this name is rarely used.
We estimate that there are at least 900 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Gérald 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 Gérald for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Gérald is 5 December.
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History and Origin
Gérald is a French male given name, a variant of the old Géraud and more common Gérard, both equivalent to Gerald in English.
People with the name include:
- Gérald Mossé
- Gérald de Palmas
- Gérald Leblanc
Less frequently the French name also occurs as the English name, without the accent:
- Gerald Messadié, Egypt-born French writer
It is also occasionally a French surname, as in:
- Jim Gérald (1889–1958), French actor
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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