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Gerard ( or ; Old French: (:dʒerɑrd)) is a male forename of Old Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this case, those constituents are ''gari'' > ''ger-'' (meaning 'spear') and -''hard'' (meaning 'hard/strong/brave'). Common forms of the name are Gerard (English, Scottish, Irish, Dutch, Polish and Catalan); Gerrard (English, Scottish, Irish); Gerardo (Italian, Portuguese and Spanish); Gherardo (Italian); Gherardi (Northern Italian, now only a surname); Gérard (variant forms ''Girard'' and ''Guérard'', now only surnames, French); Gearóid (Irish); Gerhardt and Gerhart/Gerhard/Gerhardus (Afrikaans, Dutch, and German); Gellért (Hungarian); Gerardas (Lithuanian) and Gerards/Ģirts (Latvian). A few abbreviated forms are Gerry and Jerry (English); Gert and Gerd (Afrikaans, Dutch and German); Gerrit (Afrikaans and Dutch); Gertjie (Afrikaans); Geert (Gronings, Dutch), Γεράρδης (Greece) and Жоро (Bulgarian). The introduction of the name 'Gerard' into the English language took place following the Norman conquest of England in 1066. Its original forms in Old French were “Gerard, Gerart” () and “Girart”.〔 The surname Ge(e)rdes is a patronymic form, i.e. "the son of Ger(har)d", that originated in Frisia around 1800. The name Gerald, while phonetically similar to Gerard, derives from a slightly different set of constituents: ''ger'' and ''wald'' (meaning 'rule/lead'). ==First name== ;Actors and artists *Gerard Alessandrini (born 1953), American playwright and actor *Gerard Butler (born 1969), Scottish actor *Gerard David (1460–1523), Dutch painter *Gerard McCarthy (born 1981), Northern Irish actor *Gerard ter Borch (1617–1681), Dutch painter *Gerard Valck (1652–1726), Dutch engraver ;Musicians *Gerard Hoffnung (1925–1959), German-born British musician and humourist *Gerard Joling (born 1960), Dutch singer *Gerard McMahon, English singer-songwriter *Gerard Schwarz (born 1947), American conductor *Gerard Way (born 1977), American singer-songwriter and comic book writer *Gerard Victory (born 1921), prolific Irish composer ;Politicians *Gerry Adams (born 1948), Irish politician *Gerry Brownlee (born 1956), New Zealand politician *Gerard Kennedy (born 1960), Canadian politician *Gerard Schouw (born 1965), Dutch politician ;Religious leaders *Saint Gerard of Toul (935-994), German bishop *Saint Gerard Sagredo (980-1046), Venetian bishop *Gerard de Bourgogne (died 1061), known as Pope Nicholas II *Gerard, Archbishop of York (died 1108), English archbishop *Gerard Thom (1040–1120), founder of the Knights Hospitaller *Saint Gerard of Clairvaux (died 1138), Frankish abbot *Saint Gerardo dei Tintori (c. 1134 – 1207), Italian saint *Saint Gerard of Lunel (1275–1298), French saint *Saint Gerard Majella (1726–1755), Italian saint ;Scholars and writers *Gerard Adriaan Acket, Dutch electrical engineer *Gerard of Cremona (1114–1187), Italian translator of scientific works *Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889), British poet *Gerard Jones (born 1957), American author *Gerard Kuiper (1905–1973), American astronomer *Gerard Garcia (born 1956), American engineer *Gerard McKeown (born 1980), Irish writer *Gerard O'Neill (1927–1992), American physicist *Gerard Reve (1923–2006), Dutch writer *Gerard van Swieten (1700–1772), Dutch-Austrian physician ;Sportspersons *Gerard Bosch van Drakestein (1887–1972), Dutch track cyclist *Gerard Cieślik (born 1927), Polish football player *Gerard López (born 1979), Spanish football player *Gerard Piqué (born 1987), Spanish football player *Gerard van Velde (born 1971), Dutch speed skater *Gerard Warren (born 1978), American football player *Gerard Deulofeu (born 1994), Spanish football player ;Police *Gerard Van Helden (1848–1901), Detective Superintendent in the Birmingham City Police 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gerard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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