Throughout the world, Gerard (Gerard 
, Герард 
, Герхард , and others...) is a widespread boy's given name. The forename Gerard is characteristic of France, where it is a common masculine name, Andorra, and Ireland (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in France, the United States, and Canada. Very seldom, Gerard is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Gerard | United States, Poland, Canada, France, Netherlands |
| Герард | Kazakhstan, Armenia, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine |
| Жерар, Герхард | Russia, Ukraine |
| جيرارد | Sudan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia |
| ג'רארד | Israel |
Garard, Gearoid, Gearóid, Geert, Gellert, Gellért, Gerald, Gerallt, Gerardo, Gerardus, Gerart, Gerd, Gerhard, Gerhardt, Gerhardus, Geri, Gerold, Gerrard, Gerrit, Gert, Geràrd, Gerárd, Giraldo, Girard, Gjert, Gèrard, Gérald, Gérard, Gérârd, Gërard, Gērard, Gėrard, Jarrett, Гелерт, Геллерт, Геральд, Герардус, Геррит, Герт, Джеральд, Джерард, Джерард, Жерар, Джерардо, Жеро, Жирар, Херардо, ג'ראלד, ג'ררד, גרהרד, ז'ראר,
Gerard is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Gerard , the character from the fictional universe of Amber, The Chronicles of Amber; Gerard DuGalle , the character in StarCraft; Gérard de Villefort , the fictional character from "The Count of Monte Cristo"; Gerhard , the fictional character from The Tin Drum by Günter Grass and Gérard de Villefort , the fictional character from Gankutsuou, Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, among other works.
| gerard of metz German noble (b. 875) |
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gerard of antoing (b. 985) |
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| gerard ii, count of wassenberg (1020-1052) (b. 1020) |
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| gerard, count of vaudémont Peerage person ID=228676 (b. 1057) |
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| gerard i of heinsberg (b. 1050) |
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| gerard i, count of guelders Dutch noble (b. 1060) |
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| gerard i von randerode (b. 1050) |
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gerard van cremona Italian translator, astrologer, and astronomer, IT (b. 1114) |
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gerardo dei tintori Italian saint, IT (b. 1134) |
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| gerard ii, count of guelders Dutch noble (b. 1090) |
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| gerard Bishop of Hereford; Lord Chancellor; Archbishop of York, GB (b. 1100) |
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| gerard of lausanne latin patriarch of Jerusalem in the 13th ct (b. 1101) |
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| gerard grenier crusader (b. 1110) |
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| gerard i van limburg-arlon edelherr von wassenberg (1115-1166) (b. 1115) |
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| gerard pucelle Bishop of Coventry, GB (b. 1117) |
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