GERARD

'Gerard' (English and Dutch) or 'Gérard' (French) is a common male forename. Condensed forms of 'Gerard' are English Gerry and Jerry and Dutch Geert and Gert.
The name 'Gerard' is equivalent to the German, Dutch or Afrikaans forenames 'Gerhard', 'Gerhart' and 'Gerhardt', which are effectively alternative spellings of the same name. They are abbreviated as Geert, Gert, or Gerrit in Dutch, as Gert or Gerd in German, and as Gert, Gerrit or Gertjie in Afrikaans.
The names derive from Old Germanic "ger" = spear and "hard" = hard/strong/brave.
The name is applied as a forename to the following people:
''Christian saints and figures''

★ Saint Gerard Majella

★ Gerard de Bourgogne, Pope Nicholas II

★ Saint Gerard, Bishop of Budapest

★ Gerard, Bishop of Hereford (1096–1101)

★ Saint Gerard, Bishop of Toul

★ Gerard of Brogne

★ Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) British Victorian poet and Jesuit priest
''Sportsmen''

★ Gerard Bosch van Drakestein (1887-1972), Dutch track cyclist

★ Gerard López Segú, Spanish/Catalan football (soccer) player

★ Gerard van Velde, Dutch ice speed skater
''Musicians''

★ Gerard Way, vocalist in My Chemical Romance
''Actors''

★ Gerard Butler, Scottish actor

★ Gérard Depardieu, French actor
''Scholars''

★ Gerard of Cremona (1114–1187), famous Italian translator of scientific works

★ Gerard George Thompson Jr. Esq. III, Matriarch of St Mary's Church Choir, West Derby, Liverpool
''Politicians''

★ Gerard (Gerry) Adams, Irish politician, president of Sinn Féin

★ Gerard Kennedy, Canadian Liberal politician
'Gerard' is applied as a surname to the following people:

★ Étienne Maurice Gérard (1773–1852), marshal and later Prime Minister of France

★ John Gerard (1545–1612), English botanist.
'Gerard' may also apply to:

★ Gerard (Aboriginal Council), a local government area of South Australia

★ Gerard, a Japanese progressive rock band.
The German name 'Gerhard' is applied as a forename to the following people:

★ Gerhart Hauptmann (1882-1946), German dramatist who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912.

★ Gerhard Schröder, Chancellor of Germany 1998-2005
'Gerhard' is applied as a surname to the following people:

★ Gerhard is the professional name of a Canadian comics artist.

★ Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676), German hymn writer

★ Johann Gerhard (1582-1637), Lutheran theologian

★ "Lieutenant Philip Gerard", fictional character in the TV series ''The Fugitive''

★ "Marshal Samuel Gerard", fictional character in the films ''The Fugitive'' and ''U.S. Marshals''

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★ Gerrard