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Around the world, Жеральд (Gérald , Жеральд ) is quite a rare male given name. The given name Жеральд is habitual in Western Europe, particularly Switzerland, where it is quite a rare boy's name, France, and Belgium. In absolute terms, it is commonest in France, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Madagascar. Much less frequently, Жеральд is the last name as well as the forename.
Жеральд is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Gérald , the operatic character in the opera Lakmé.