Given name
Gared
“one who is mighty with a spear”
Gared is a form of Gerard. One English interpretation is “one who is mighty with a spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Gared carries the interpretation “one who is mighty with a spear.” Gared is a form of Gerard. One English interpretation is “one who is mighty with a spear.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Gared is used as a form of Gerard.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gared through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 227
- 227 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 359 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gared’s family of names
Gared is a form of Gerard. Gared has a related form in Garad. Gared has a related form in Garid.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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