Gerardo
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Gerardo is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Costa Rica it is the 4th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Germanic Gairehard/Gerhard, from ger 'spear' + hard 'bold'; 'bold with the spear'.
- CRCosta Rica1 in 265(measured from records)
- SVEl Salvador≈1 in 699
- ARArgentina≈1 in 729
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.
- United States (measured from records)
- #565 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 460 (measured from records)
- 1 in 265 (inferred from the name graph)
85,111 people, 2020
of 15M given names
Highest-authority source
Costa Rica
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Germanic Gairehard/Gerhard, from ger 'spear' + hard 'bold'; 'bold with the spear'.
Sources 1
- Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gerardo 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #822 | 85,111 | 1 in 3.9K | 85K | Gerardo | 460 |
| PH Philippines | #382 | ≈66,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.7K | — | Gerardo | 98 |
| AR Argentina | #205 | ≈62,000 est. | ≈1 in 729 | 249 | Gerardo | 150 |
| PE Peru | #176 | ≈34,000 est. | ≈1 in 940 | — | Gerardo | 117 |
| VE Venezuela | #102 | ≈31,000 est. | ≈1 in 925 | — | Gerardo | 100 |
| CR Costa Rica | #4 | 19,216 | 1 in 265 | 19K | Gerardo | 110 |
| SV El Salvador | #137 | ≈9,300 est. | ≈1 in 699 | — | Gerardo | 85 |
| PY Paraguay | — | ≈9,100 est. | ≈1 in 789 | — | Gerardo | 51 |
85,111 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Gerardo is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Italian, Radici germaniche gar/gēr "lancia" + hard "forte".
as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani
In Italian, Radici germaniche gw, gar = lancia. :$sta.r hnrd = forte. S. Glitrardo, vescovo e patroiio di V(.llet,ri. 7 dicembre. llolti derivati ili etimologia rvidcute: Gerardi. Glierardi, Gliirardi, Girardi. Giraldi, coi relativi suf. fissi. cciiiiuni a tutta Italia. r u d i -do, Girodo. Girodetti. e forse Girctti (piemontese). Girardengo (patronimico).
as a nameNomi e Cognomi: Saggio di ricerche etimologiche e storiche
In Italian, variante regional de Gherardo
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
In German, männl. Vom., italienische [d3e'rar- do] und spanische [xe'rardo] Form von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Abile con la lancia
as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Blessed Gerardb. 1047ITnot in their usual nameFounder of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
- Gerardo de Cremonab. 1114ITItalian translator and astrologer (c. 1114 – 1187)
- Jerry Colonnab. 1904USnot in their usual nameAmerican musician, actor and comedian (1904-1986)
- Martin Sheenb. 1940USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (born 1940)
- Gerardo Martinob. 1962ARArgentine footballer and manager
- Javier Mileib. 1970ARnot in their usual nameeconomist, politician and president of Argentina since 2023
- Gerardo Taracenab. 1970MXMexican actor (1970–2026)
- Gerardo Torradob. 1979MXMexican footballer
- Juan Guaidób. 1983VEnot in their usual nameVenezuelan politician and former President of the National Assembly (1983)
- Gonzalo Higuaínb. 1987FRnot in their usual nameArgentine association football player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 82 sources across 37 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 85K | #619 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 19K | #10 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 401 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 154 | #619 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present) | 2024 | 65 | #933 |
| AR Argentina | datos.gob.ar — nombres.datos.gob.ar per-name lookup (1922–2015) | 2015 | 10 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — births 1922–2015 (Kaggle mirror) | 2015 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2003 | 5 | — |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — Consulta de nombres (Padrón Nacional Electoral name enumeration) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Gerardo mean, and where does it come from?
- Germanic Gairehard/Gerhard, from ger 'spear' + hard 'bold'; 'bold with the spear'. Recorded by Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios.
- Is Gerardo a male or female name?
- Gerardo 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.
- What are other forms of the name Gerardo?
- In the etymology graph, Gerard, Gerhard and Gert are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Gerardo have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 85 thousand people named Gerardo, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gerardo.
- Where is Gerardo most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Gerardo is densest in Costa Rica — about 1 in 265 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Gerardo?
- In the United States, the national register counted 85,111 people named Gerardo in 2020, about 1 in 3.9 thousand residents.
- How common is Gerardo compared with other names?
- In the United States, Gerardo is the 822nd most common given name of 2,815,431 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, “Gerardo” — the 822nd most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.