Given name & surname
Gerardo
“one who is mighty with a spear”
Gerardo is a variant of Gerard. One English interpretation is “one who is mighty with a spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gerardo is a variant of Gerard. One English interpretation is “one who is mighty with a spear.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Gerardo is a variant of Gerard. An origin associated with Gerard is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1906. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gerardo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 55,254
- 55,015 boys · 239 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 1,713 babies
- 2025
- 401
- #678 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −16%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 401 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 678 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 15.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 1,703 in 2000. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (120). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 85,111 as a first name in 2020; 2,766 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gerardo’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Gerardo has a diminutive in GERARDITO. Gerardo shares a linguistic root with Gerard. In Italian usage, Gerardo has a conventional equivalent in the English form Gerald.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Gerardo has relatives in 15 languages.
12 related names in 15 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 24
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gerardo
- Gerardo MartinoArgentine footballer and managerborn 1962
- Gerard of CremonaItalian translator and astrologer (c. 1114 – 1187)
- Gerardo TorradoMexican footballerborn 1979
- Gerardo MachadoPresident of Cuba from 1925 to 19331871–1939
- Gerardo ArteagaMexican association football playerborn 1998
- Gerardo DiegoSpanish poet (1896–1987)
- Gerard MajellaItalian Redemptorist lay brother and saint (1729-1755)1726–1755
- Jerry ColonnaAmerican musician, actor and comedian (1904-1986)
- Gerardo SeoaneSwiss football player and managerborn 1978
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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