Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.
GERARD
There are approximately 1,834 people named Gerard in the UK. That makes it the 4,825th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 29 are named Gerard.
Region of origin
British Isles
Country of origin
England
Language of origin
English
Religion of origin
Christian
Classification
English
From given name or forename
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The Gerard surname in historical dictionaries
An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)
(origin: Teut.) From Gar, all, and ard, nature; apt, docile; one ready to do or learn, amiable.
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
GERARD. A Norman personal name, probably identical with Gerald. In the H.R. it is written Fil' Gerardi. The baronet's family derive their origin from the same ancestor as the Dukes of Leiuster and many other noble houses, viz., from Other, Castellan of AViudsor, temp. Edw. Confessor, whose grandson Gerard, or Gerald, had a son William Fitz-Gerard, who founded the Cheshire and Lancashire Gerards. The family have possessed Bryu, in the latter county, uuiuterruptedly from temp. Edw. III. Courthope's Debrett.
Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.