Name: Gérard
Gender: Male
Usage: Gérard is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Gérard are in general originating from Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland.
Variants: For another variant of the name Gérard across the world, see Gerard, Gerhard.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Gérard is: Strong.
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Numerology of the first name Gérard: 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 3. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: expressive, imaginative, sociable, jovial, positive, optimistic, artistic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Creative, Light-Hearted
Ruling planet: Jupiter
Colors: Purple, Lilac, Mauve
Gemstones: Amethyst
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The name Gérard is ranked on the 4,644th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 67500 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Gérard 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 Gérard for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Gérard is 3 October.
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History and Origin
Gérard (French: [ʒeʁɑʁ]) is a French masculine given name 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 gari > ger- (meaning 'spear') and -hard (meaning 'hard/strong/brave'). The English cognate of Gérard is Gerard.
English, Irish, and Dutch: of Germanic origin, introduced to Britain by the Normans. It is composed of the elements gār, gēr spear + hard brave, hardy, strong. In the Middle Ages this was a much more common name than Gerald, with which it was sometimes confused, but nowadays is less common. It survives mainly among Roman Catholics.
Variants: Gerrard, Jerrard.
Cognates: French: Gérard. Italian: Gerardo. German: Gerhard, Gerhar(d)t. Low German: Gerrit, Ge(e)rt. Dutch, Flemish: Geeraard, Geerd, Ge(e)rt. Frisian: Gerrit, Garrit. Hungarian: Gellért.
Short form: English: Ged.
Pet forms: English: Gerry, Jerry.
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