Given name & surname
Ged
“one who rules with the spear”·“one who is mighty with a spear”
In English use, Ged is a short form of Gerald. One German interpretation is “one who rules with the spear.” In English use, Ged is a short form of Gerard. One English interpretation is “one who is mighty with a spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Ged is a short form of Gerald. One German interpretation is “one who rules with the spear.” In English use, Ged is a short form of Gerard. One English interpretation is “one who is mighty with a spear.”
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Where it comes from
In English use, Ged is a short form of Gerald. Gerald has been associated with Germanic and Celtic naming traditions. In English use, Ged is a short form of Gerard. An origin associated with Gerard is Germanic.
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How it developed
In English use, Ged is used as a shortened form of Gerard. In English use, Ged is used as a shortened form of Gerald.
The story
In English use, Ged is a short form of Gerald. The history of Gerald gives this family its wider story. Gerald’s historical bearers include members of the aristocracy.
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Ged’s family of names
Ged is a short form of Gerald. In English usage, Ged is a diminutive of Gerard. Ged is a short form of Gerard.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ged
- Ged WrightVisual Effects Artistborn 1976
- Ged SimmonsBritish actorborn 1960
- Ged KillenScottish politician (born 1986)
- Ged NashIrish politicianborn 1975
Characters named Ged: Ged (fictional magician in the Earthsea trilogy).
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