Given name & surname
Gérald
“spear, pike”·“to command, to rule”
Gérald is a masculine given name. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gérald is built from elements meaning “spear, pike” and “to command, to rule”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
In French use, Gérald shares an earlier linguistic root with Gerald. Gerald has been associated with Germanic and Celtic naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Gérald’s family of names
Gérald shares a linguistic root with Gerald. In French usage, Gérald has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Geraldo. In French usage, Gérald has a conventional equivalent in the English form Gerald.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Gérald has relatives in 8 languages.
5 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gérald
- Gérald PassiFrench association football playerborn 1964
- Gérald DarmaninFrench politicianborn 1982
- Gérald LacroixCanadian cardinalborn 1957
- Gérald de PalmasFrench recording artist; singerborn 1967
- Gérald CidFrench footballer (born 1983)
- Gérald Tremblayformer mayor of Montreal, Quebec (2001-2012)born 1942
- Gérald BaticleFrench football manager (born 1969)
- Gérald GentaSwiss watch designer (1931-2011)
- Gérald TenenbaumFrench mathematicianborn 1952
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