Given name & surname
Jerard
“one who is mighty with a spear”
Jerard is a form of Gerard. One English interpretation is “one who is mighty with a spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Jerard carries the interpretation “one who is mighty with a spear.” Jerard 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
Jerard is used as a form of Gerard.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jerard through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,039
- 1,039 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −100%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 9 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 37 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 951 as a first name in 2020; 132 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.
Jerard’s family of names
Jerard is a form of Gerard. Jerard has a related form in Jerardo. Jerard has a related form in Jerrard.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
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.
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