Given name
Gearóid
“one who rules with the spear”
Gearóid is a form of Gerald. One German interpretation is “one who rules with the spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gearóid is a form of Gerald. One German interpretation is “one who rules with the spear.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Old French.
How it developed
From Old French Gerart, from Frankish *Gaiʀahard.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Gearóid is a form of Gerald. The history of Gerald gives this family its wider story. Gerald’s historical bearers include members of the aristocracy.
Explained through its name family
Gearóid’s family of names
Gearóid shares a linguistic root with Gerald. In Irish usage, Gearóid has a conventional equivalent in the German form Gerhard. Gearóid is a form of Gerald.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Gearóid
- Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of KildareIrish peer and Lord Deputy of Ireland1456–1513
- Gearóid O'SullivanIrish politician (1891-1948)
- Gearóid Ó CairealláinIrish journalist1957–2024
- Gearóid MorrisseyIrish footballerborn 1991
- Gearóid Ó CuinneagáinNorthern Irish politician (1910-1991)
- Gearóid Mac NiocaillBritish academic1932–2004
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Genders
“son-in-law”
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