Gerard Forename
1,160th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 809,186 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Isle of Man
Gerard Forename Definition:
A male name. Old German Gairhard, compound of gairu ‘spear' and hardu ‘hard’. Probably introduced into England by the Normans shortly before the Conquest (Girardus and Gerardus occur several times in Domesday Book), Gerard soon became a common name and remained so for several centuries.
Read More About This ForenameGerard Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 100% | 223,205 | 1:298 | 83 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 90,409 | 1:817 | 164 |
| United States | 100% | 74,620 | 1:4,858 | 700 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 54,422 | 1:311 | 42 |
| Burundi | 100% | 50,689 | 1:195 | 21 |
| Ireland | 100% | 35,650 | 1:130 | 19 |
| Canada | 100% | 34,057 | 1:973 | 216 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 25,863 | 1:440 | 85 |
| Spain | 100% | 21,595 | 1:2,155 | 291 |
| England | 100% | 18,510 | 1:3,004 | 420 |
| Belgium | 100% | 17,545 | 1:655 | 154 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 14,511 | 1:1,628 | 378 |
| Benin | 100% | 13,239 | 1:799 | 164 |
| Haiti | 100% | 11,777 | 1:911 | 127 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 11,642 | 1:1,856 | 372 |
| Australia | - | 9,988 | 1:1,367 | 282 |
| Philippines | 99% | 8,712 | 1:12,168 | 1,545 |
| Poland | 100% | 8,011 | 1:4,747 | 299 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 7,858 | 1:235 | 45 |
| Scotland | 100% | 5,431 | 1:985 | 193 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4,793 | 1:4,339 | 743 |
| South Africa | 100% | 4,325 | 1:12,609 | 2,008 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 4,038 | 1:4,552 | 593 |
| Togo | - | 3,956 | 1:1,830 | 297 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 3,684 | 1:6,264 | 713 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 3,237 | 1:30,139 | 3,621 |
| Mauritius | - | 2,758 | 1:471 | 32 |
| Morocco | 100% | 2,484 | 1:13,828 | 979 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 2,426 | 1:21,759 | 2,163 |
| New Zealand | - | 2,418 | 1:1,876 | 384 |
| Ghana | 100% | 2,135 | 1:12,640 | 1,132 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,915 | 1:7,101 | 1,149 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,645 | 1:58,771 | 1,563 |
| Uganda | 98% | 1,629 | 1:25,142 | 1,891 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 1,557 | 1:5,236 | 555 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,495 | 1:6,977 | 923 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1,476 | 1:58 | 7 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,228 | 1:1,109 | 199 |
| Angola | - | 1,215 | 1:22,195 | 1,764 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,051 | 1:66,666 | 6,508 |
| French Polynesia | - | 930 | 1:299 | 41 |
| Guinea | 100% | 928 | 1:12,779 | 802 |
| Gabon | 100% | 922 | 1:2,043 | 490 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 906 | 1:33,609 | 3,020 |
| Senegal | 100% | 835 | 1:17,463 | 1,093 |
| Brazil | 100% | 787 | 1:272,219 | 10,930 |
| India | 100% | 746 | 1:1,628,523 | 91,028 |
| Malawi | 100% | 698 | 1:24,516 | 2,075 |
| Wales | 100% | 665 | 1:4,653 | 574 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 648 | 1:8,685 | 964 |
| Indonesia | - | 647 | 1:398,707 | 32,125 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 634 | 1:426 | 98 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 583 | 1:14,088 | 1,191 |
| Chile | 93% | 500 | 1:35,214 | 1,486 |
| Congo | 100% | 498 | 1:10,059 | 1,290 |
| Mali | 100% | 497 | 1:34,160 | 2,094 |
| Bangladesh | - | 458 | 1:348,169 | 14,530 |
| Israel | 99% | 438 | 1:19,185 | 1,848 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 422 | 1:71,568 | 3,673 |
| Egypt | 100% | 412 | 1:223,061 | 7,852 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 401 | 1:5,087 | 775 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 394 | 1:450,671 | 14,673 |
| Portugal | - | 369 | 1:28,214 | 1,185 |
| Suriname | 100% | 362 | 1:1,527 | 347 |
| Singapore | 100% | 356 | 1:17,660 | 3,429 |
| Saint Martin | - | 307 | 1:116 | 41 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| Mexico | 100% | 263 | 1:472,032 | 5,453 |
| Vanuatu | - | 239 | 1:1,095 | 315 |
| Italy | 100% | 231 | 1:264,338 | 3,456 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 226 | 1:410 | 69 |
| Andorra | - | 225 | 1:368 | 64 |
| Sweden | 100% | 190 | 1:51,884 | 2,708 |
| Samoa | - | 183 | 1:1,067 | 329 |
| Fiji | - | 173 | 1:5,158 | 1,243 |
| Peru | 100% | 167 | 1:190,368 | 5,109 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 163 | 1:43,877 | 4,055 |
| Albania | 100% | 159 | 1:19,161 | 2,486 |
| Kenya | 100% | 154 | 1:300,696 | 10,465 |
| Dominica | - | 152 | 1:497 | 112 |
| Zambia | - | 152 | 1:104,308 | 4,838 |
| Austria | 100% | 145 | 1:58,719 | 1,634 |
| Romania | 100% | 144 | 1:139,250 | 5,525 |
| Algeria | - | 128 | 1:298,256 | 3,736 |
| Aruba | - | 113 | 1:918 | 181 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 113 | 1:30,333 | 1,373 |
| Qatar | 100% | 110 | 1:21,542 | 3,094 |
| Denmark | - | 109 | 1:51,830 | 1,946 |
| Norway | 100% | 108 | 1:47,522 | 2,000 |
| Guam | - | 105 | 1:1,530 | 341 |
| Bahrain | - | 104 | 1:12,968 | 2,016 |
| Malta | - | 102 | 1:4,209 | 603 |
| China | - | 96 | 1:14,229,748 | 59,959 |
| Japan | - | 96 | 1:1,333,188 | 16,859 |
| Kuwait | - | 95 | 1:39,845 | 3,619 |
| Russia | 100% | 95 | 1:1,518,250 | 11,258 |
| Jamaica | - | 90 | 1:32,036 | 2,155 |
| Greece | 100% | 83 | 1:131,742 | 3,209 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 83 | 1:2,142 | 399 |
| Guyana | 100% | 79 | 1:9,662 | 1,457 |
| Jersey | 100% | 75 | 1:1,333 | 286 |
| Bahamas | - | 70 | 1:5,705 | 829 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 65 | 1:237,289 | 13,580 |
| Hong Kong | - | 64 | 1:121,136 | 2,925 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 62 | 1:9,098 | 770 |
| Niger | 100% | 56 | 1:342,571 | 7,984 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 56 | 1:1,960 | 400 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 55 | 1:86,690 | 2,977 |
| Barbados | - | 52 | 1:5,573 | 805 |
| Sudan | 100% | 49 | 1:771,571 | 2,562 |
| Colombia | 100% | 48 | 1:995,394 | 11,382 |
| Ecuador | - | 47 | 1:377,168 | 4,669 |
| Grenada | 100% | 47 | 1:2,301 | 475 |
| Argentina | 89% | 41 | 1:1,043,250 | 5,337 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 41 | 1:579,748 | 30,088 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 38 | 1:2,616 | 555 |
| Pakistan | 87% | 37 | 1:5,252,910 | 49,722 |
| Central African Republic | - | 36 | 1:125,428 | 257 |
| Laos | - | 36 | 1:182,968 | 231 |
| Czechia | 100% | 28 | 1:380,577 | 2,209 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 28 | 1:1,959 | 443 |
| Gibraltar | - | 27 | 1:1,264 | 259 |
| Monaco | 100% | 27 | 1:1,425 | 305 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 27 | 1:21,517 | 1,702 |
| Botswana | - | 26 | 1:84,017 | 7,219 |
| Panama | 100% | 26 | 1:150,252 | 6,399 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 25 | 1:3,704,925 | 3,444 |
| Iraq | 100% | 24 | 1:1,459,077 | 10,051 |
| Hungary | 100% | 21 | 1:466,275 | 1,759 |
| Oman | - | 21 | 1:195,651 | 3,243 |
| Belize | 100% | 18 | 1:19,684 | 2,236 |
| Curaçao | - | 18 | 1:8,656 | 603 |
| Estonia | 100% | 17 | 1:77,375 | 3,612 |
| Guatemala | - | 17 | 1:947,555 | 4,610 |
| Libya | - | 16 | 1:388,832 | 1,019 |
| Mozambique | - | 16 | 1:1,702,710 | 1,919 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 16 | 1:42,306 | 2,316 |
| Bermuda | - | 15 | 1:4,322 | 727 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 14 | 1:2,232 | 502 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 14 | 1:3,905 | 670 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 13 | 1:462,949 | 8,230 |
| Croatia | 100% | 11 | 1:383,371 | 4,897 |
| Finland | 100% | 11 | 1:498,471 | 5,769 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 89% | 11 | 1:10,144 | 1,460 |
| South Korea | - | 11 | 1:504,038 | 12,654 |
| Cambodia | - | 10 | 1:1,627,333 | 20,911 |
| Afghanistan | - | 9 | 1:3,624,835 | 24,448 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 9 | 1:126,410 | 509 |
| Liberia | 100% | 9 | 1:490,229 | 13,253 |
| Slovakia | 86% | 8 | 1:663,758 | 2,742 |
| Turkey | 100% | 8 | 1:9,725,214 | 31,896 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 7 | 1:1,894 | 342 |
| Macau | - | 6 | 1:101,368 | 818 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 6 | 1:1,206,134 | 7,440 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 6 | 1:591,717 | 4,217 |
| Cyprus | - | 5 | 1:174,215 | 3,223 |
| Honduras | - | 5 | 1:1,763,493 | 15,274 |
| Belarus | 100% | 4 | 1:2,370,596 | 9,928 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| El Salvador | - | 4 | 1:1,585,446 | 8,153 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 4 | 1:786 | 147 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Guernsey | - | 4 | 1:15,833 | 609 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 4 | 1:432,054 | 199 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Nauru | 100% | 4 | 1:2,982 | 284 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Armenia | 100% | 3 | 1:972,918 | 8,284 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Jordan | 100% | 3 | 1:2,942,258 | 8,136 |
| Montserrat | - | 3 | 1:1,625 | 276 |
| Syria | - | 3 | 1:6,435,358 | 7,086 |
| Bhutan | - | 2 | 1:412,464 | 4,948 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Micronesia | - | 2 | 1:53,250 | 1,276 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| Serbia | 100% | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 2 | 1:17,354 | 1,059 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Gérard (56,415), Gèrard (90) & Gerárd (3) are calculated separately.
Gerard (99,255) may also be a surname.
Gerard Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Old German Gairhard, compound of gairu ‘spear' and hardu ‘hard’. Probably introduced into England by the Normans shortly before the Conquest (Girardus and Gerardus occur several times in Domesday Book), Gerard soon became a common name and remained so for several centuries. It gave rise to many surnames, e.g. Garrard, Garrett, Garrod, Jerrard, &c. Garrard and Garet represent the usual Middle English pronunciation of the name (cf. Barnard and Barnet for Bernard), and Garret is given as a christian name by Camden 1605 and Lyford 1655; the latter seems to regard it as an independent name and confuses Gerald and Gerard. Gerard is not now much used and Garret is obsolete.
Girardus, Gerardus Domesday Book 1086, Curia Regis Rolls 1199-1219. Gerrardus Feudal Aids 1284. Gerard Assize Rolls 1313, Exchequer Rolls 1306. Gyrerd Poll Tax of West Riding of Yorkshire 1379 1379. Garrett, Garratt 16th C Royal Accounts. Garrat Newcastle Epitaph 1637. Garit Cheshire Burials 1678.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
An English variant of Gerald; probably influenced by German Gerhard.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
From the Old German name Gerhard, Gerart; from ger-hart, very strong.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Teutonic (masculine) - Brave heart.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Gerard Forename Popularity
Gerard Demographics
Average Male Gerard Height
175.09 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 2,642 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Gerard Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gerard in the Russian language | ||
| Герард | gerard | - |
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