Gėrard
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Gėrard is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In France it is the 73rd most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Old Dutch *Gērhard, from Proto-West Germanic *Gaiʀahard.
- FRFrance≈1 in 643(inferred from the name graph)
- ESSpain1 in 2.3K
- BEBelgium≈1 in 3K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 386 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 643 (inferred from the name graph)
≈180,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Gerard in FR France, US United States, ES Spain and 5 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Old Dutch*Gērhard(measured from records)
- Proto-West Germanic*Gaiʀahard(measured from records)
From Old Dutch *Gērhard, from Proto-West Germanic *Gaiʀahard.
Sources 6
- A concise dictionary of first names
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wiktionary
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 25 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gėrard counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈180,000 est. | ≈1 in 7.5K | — | Gerard | 18 |
| FR France | #73 | ≈110,000 est. | ≈1 in 643 | 379K | Gerard | 367 |
| US United States | — | 41,777 | 1 in 8K | 42K | Gerard | 386 |
| ES Spain | #319 | 22,069 | 1 in 2.3K | 22K | Gerard | 166 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈22,000 est. | ≈1 in 3K | — | Gerard | 139 |
| CM Cameroon | #195 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.6K | — | Gerard | 26 |
| IE Ireland | #514 | ≈4,700 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | 27 | Gerard | 69 |
| BE Belgium | #459 | ≈3,900 est. | ≈1 in 3K | 6.2K | Gerard | 117 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Gėrard mean, and where does it come from?
- From Old Dutch *Gērhard, from Proto-West Germanic *Gaiʀahard. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen and 4 other sources.
- Is Gėrard a male or female name?
- Gėrard is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Gėrard have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 185 thousand people named Gėrard in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gerard.
- How common is the name Gėrard?
- In the United States, the national register counted 41,777 people named Gėrard in 2020, about 1 in 8.0 thousand residents.
- How common is Gėrard compared with other names?
- In France, Gėrard is the 73rd most common given name of 754,146 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gėrard” — the 73rd most common given name in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.