Gerrard
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Variant spelling of Gerard, in part from the surname derived from the given name in the Middle Ages
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/dʒɛɹaːd/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Gerrard is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United Kingdom than in any other country.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 19K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 26K
- CACanada≈1 in 57K
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 Kingdom (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 283 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,500 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Suriname, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Variant spelling of Gerard, in part from the surname derived from the given name in the Middle Ages. 99
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gerrard 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈3,500 est. | ≈1 in 19K | 3 | Gerrard | 199 |
| US United States | — | 2,024 | 1 in 164K | 2K | Gerrard | 283 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈980 est. | ≈1 in 26K | 1 | Gerrard | 128 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈800 est. | ≈1 in 268K | — | Gerrard | 28 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈670 est. | ≈1 in 57K | — | Gerrard | 121 |
| SR Suriname | #455 | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | — | Gerrard | 1 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | Gerrard | 79 |
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 — Surname Frequency 2010; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Gerrard 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 English, A surname originating as a patronymic.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, different form of Garrett (i).
as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
In English, variant of Garrett 1.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In Irish, An English forename used as a surname; sometimes a synonym of Garrett. Bibl
as a nameThe Surnames of Ireland
English: variant spelling of GERARD , in part from the modern surname.
as a word
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)
- Charles K. Gerrardb. 1883IEIrish actor (1883-1969)
- Douglas Gerrardb. 1891IEactor and film director (1891-1950)
- Alice Gerrardb. 1934USAmerican musician
- Lew Gerrardb. 1938NZNew Zealand tennis player
- John M. Gerrardb. 1953USUnited States District Judge
- Lisa Gerrardb. 1961AUAustralian musician, singer and composer
- Matthew Gerrardb. 1965CACanadian songwriter and record producer
- Paul Gerrardb. 1973GBEnglish footballer (born 1973)
- Steven Gerrardb. 1980GBEnglish association football player and manager
- Anthony Gerrardb. 1986GBassociation 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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 46 sources across 23 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2K | #14,691 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.9K | #15,281 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.9K | #14,724 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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
- Where does the name Gerrard come from?
- Variant spelling of Gerard, in part from the surname derived from the given name in the Middle Ages. 99 Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- What are other forms of the name Gerrard?
- In the etymology graph, Gerhardt and Gerhart are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Gerrard?
- A machine transcription gives /dʒɛɹaːd/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Gerrard mean?
- Recorded meaning: Variant spelling of Gerard, in part from the surname derived from the given name in the Middle Ages.
- In which country does Gerrard have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.5 thousand people named Gerrard in the United Kingdom, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gerrard.
- How common is the name Gerrard?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,024 people named Gerrard in 2010, about 1 in 164 thousand residents.
- How common is Gerrard compared with other names?
- In Suriname, Gerrard is the 455th most common surname of 495 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Gerrard?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gerrardThe 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, “Gerrard” — the 455th most common surname in Suriname. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.