What is the name meaning of GERARD. Phrases containing GERARD
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GERARD
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English
English : from a variant of the personal name Gerard (see Garrett 1).
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English
English : from either of two Germanic personal names introduced to Britain by the Normans: Gerard, composed of the elements gar, ger ‘spear’, ‘lance’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’; and Gerald, composed of the elements gÄr, gÄ“r ‘spear’, ‘lance’ + wald ‘rule’.
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Brave with a Spear; Spear Hard; Spanish Form of Gerard Spear Courageous
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Teutonic American English French German
Spear strength.
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Irish
Means “â€brave with a spearâ€â€ or “â€spear carrier.â€â€ The name is associated with Gearoid Fitzgerald, the 3rd Earl of Desmond (1338-98) and leader of the most powerful Norman family in late medieval Ireland. It was believed he had magical powers and is reputed to protect the environment at Lough Gur, where he had a castle in County Limerick. In one story, when a local landowner planned to drain the lake or forbid local people access to it Gearoid made his horse bolt, fatally injuring the landowner. Some even say that he is sleeping at the bottom of Lough Gur, waiting to return to the land of the living.
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Spear Strong; Spear-brave; Strength of the Spear; Spear Rule; Brave; Brave with a Spear
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English
Variant spelling of English Gerard, GERRARD means "spear strong."
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Dutch
, firm spear.
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English
Pet form of English Gerard, GED means "spear strong."
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English form of French Gérard, GERARD means "spear strong."
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Dutch
, firm spear.
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Australian, Spanish
Rules by the Spear; Similar to Gerard; Mighty with a Spear
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English (chiefly Lancashire) and French (Gérard)
English (chiefly Lancashire) and French (Gérard) : from the personal name Gerard, Gérard, introduced to Britain from France by the Normans; it is composed of the Germanic elements gÄr, gÄ“r ‘spear’, ‘lance’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’.
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English
English : variant of Garrett 1.French : variant of Gérard (see Gerard).
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English Italian American Spanish
Spear hard.
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Italian
Italian and Spanish form of Old High German Gerhard, GERARDO means "spear strong."
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Descent; Variant of Gerard Rules by the Spear; English Surname
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Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Spear Carrier
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Dutch
, firm spear.
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n.
A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe (Aegopodium Podagraria); -- called also bishop's weed, ashweed, and herb gerard.
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A kind of campion; according to Gerarde, the Lychnis Flos-cuculi.