Gerard

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Gerard Given Name
Gender	male
Meaning	strong/brave with the spear
Region of Origin	common in regions where Germanic and/or Romance languages are spoken
Origin	Germanic
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Gerard

Gerard is a male forename of Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. The name derives from Old Germanic 'ger' ('spear') and 'hard' ('hard/strong/brave'). Its meaning is 'strong/brave with the spear'.

Common forms of the name are Gerard (English, Dutch and Catalan), Gerardo (Italian and Spanish), Gérard (French), Gearóid (Irish), Gerhard, Gerhardt and Gerhart (Afrikaans, Dutch, and German). A few abbreviated forms are Gerry and Jerry (English); Gert and Gerd (Afrikaans, Dutch and German); Gerrit (Afrikaans and Dutch); Gertjie (Afrikaans), and Geert (Dutch).

Contents 1 Persons 1.1 Persons whose first name is 'Gerard' 1.2 Persons whose last name is 'Gerard' 1.3 Persons whose assumed name is 'Gerard' 1.4 Fictional characters whose name is 'Gerard' 2 Places 3 Other

[edit] Persons

[edit] Persons whose first name is 'Gerard'

Actors

• Gerard Butler, Scottish actor
• Gérard Depardieu, French actor

Authors and playwrights

• Gerhart Hauptmann (1882-1946), German dramatist who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912.

Poets

• Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) British Victorian poet and Jesuit priest

Christian saints and figures

• Saint Gerard of Budapest, Bishop of Budapest
• Saint Gerard of Brogne
• Saint Gerard of Clairvaux
• Saint Gerard of Lunel
• Saint Gerard of Toul, Bishop of Toul
• Saint Gerard Majella
• Saint Gerard Sagredo
• Gerard de Bourgogne, Pope Nicholas II
• Gerard, Bishop of Hereford (1096–1100) and Archbishop of York (1100–1108)

Musicians

• Gerard McMahon, English singer/songwriter
• Gerard Way, vocalist in My Chemical Romance
• Gerard Yra, vocalist in X-Division

Politicians

• Gerard (Gerry) Adams, Irish politician, president of Sinn Féin
• Gerard Kennedy, Canadian Liberal politician
• Gerhard Schröder, Chancellor of Germany 1998-2005

Scholars

• Gerard of Cremona (1114–1187), Italian translator of scientific works
• Gerard O'Neill, Creation Consumer Finance Ltd.

Scientists

• Gerard O'Neill, physicist

Sportsmen

• Gerard Bosch van Drakestein (1887-1972), Dutch track cyclist
• Gérard Houllier, former manager of Liverpool F.C. & Olympique Lyonnais
• Gerard López Segú, Spanish/Catalan football (soccer) player
• Gerard Piqué, Catalan football (soccer) player
• Gerard van Velde, Dutch ice speed skater

[edit] Persons whose last name is 'Gerard'

• Étienne Maurice Gérard (1773–1852), marshal and later Prime Minister of France
• Geoff Gerard, Australian rugby league footballer
• John Gerard (1545–1612), English botanist

[edit] Persons whose assumed name is 'Gerard'

• Gerhard, Canadian comic book artist.

[edit] Fictional characters whose name is 'Gerard'

• Joe Gerard, character in the 1970's sitcom Rhoda.
• Lieutenant Philip Gerard, character in the TV series The Fugitive
• Marshal Samuel Gerard, character in the films The Fugitive and U.S. Marshals

[edit] Places

• Gerard (Aboriginal Council), a local government area of South Australia

[edit] Other

• Gerard, a Japanese progressive rock band.
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