Jerald
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A male given name from the Germanic languages, a nonstandard spelling of Gerald
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈdʒɛɹəɫd/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Jerald is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Austria it is the 58th most common given name.
- ATAustria≈1 in 376as Gerald(inferred from the name graph)
- IEIreland≈1 in 664as Gerald
- CACanada≈1 in 743as Gerald
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Jerald itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #322 (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 585 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 376 (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,800,000 named Gerald, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Austria, est., as Gerald
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Gerald in US United States, GB United Kingdom, PH Philippines and 6 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)
A male given name from the Germanic languages, a nonstandard spelling of Gerald.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jerald 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 | — | ≈1,800,000 est. | ≈1 in 754 | — | Gerald | 47 |
| US United States | #141 | 258,431as Gerald | 1 in 1.3K | 258K | Gerald | 585 |
| PH Philippines | #147 | ≈92,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | 52K | Gerald | 162 |
| GB United Kingdom | #186 | ≈71,000 est. | ≈1 in 926 | listed | Gerald | 293 |
| DE Germany | #300 | ≈54,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Gerald | 217 |
| CA Canada | #123 | ≈51,000 est. | ≈1 in 743 | 2 | Gerald | 243 |
| AT Austria | #58 | ≈24,000 est. | ≈1 in 376 | 3.5K | Gerald | 173 |
| IE Ireland | #99 | ≈7,800 est. | ≈1 in 664 | — | Gerald | 99 |
| SG Singapore | #70 | ≈7,800 est. | ≈1 in 800 | — | Gerald | 133 |
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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Top 500 First Names in the Philippines (PSA FOI response, tracking; Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024). 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)
Jerald is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, variant of Gerald; "rule of the spear"
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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)
- Jerald C. Brauerb. 1921theologian
- Jerald terHorstb. 1922USAmerican journalist (1922–2010)
- Jerald Ericksenb. 1924USAmerican mathematician specializing in continuum mechanics
- Jerald Clarkb. 1963USAmerican baseball player
- Jerald S. Paulb. 1966USAmerican politician
- Jerald Chanb. 1973singer-songwriter from Hong Kong
- Jerald Honeycuttb. 1974USAmerican basketball player (born 1974)
- Jerald Mooreb. 1974USAmerican football player
- Jerald Sowellb. 1974USAmerican football player
- Jerry ParisellaUSnot in their usual namepolitician in Massachusetts, US
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 40 sources across 25 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 18K | #1,709 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1942 | 647 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1943 | 623 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1947 | 609 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1949 | 584 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1946 | 564 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1941 | 559 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1952 | 555 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1948 | 548 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1944 | 547 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1953 | 541 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1951 | 536 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Jerald mean, and where does it come from?
- A male given name from the Germanic languages, a nonstandard spelling of Gerald. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Jerald?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈdʒɛɹəɫd/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Jerald a male or female name?
- Jerald 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 Jerald?
- In the etymology graph, Gerald, Geraldo and Jerrold are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Jerald have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.8 million people named Gerald in China, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Jerald?
- In the United States, the national register counted 258,431 people named Gerald in 2020, about 1 in 1.3 thousand residents.
- How common is Jerald compared with other names?
- In Austria, Jerald is the 58th most common given name of 26,800 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Jerald?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jeraldThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Jerald” — the 58th most common given name in Austria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.