Gérard

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Pronunciation French: [ʒeʁɑʁ] Word/name Germanic		Gender male
Meaning strong and brave spear-wearer Region of origin Common in French-speaking countries Related names Gerard Gerhar(d)t, Geert, Gerhardus, Girard, Gerardo, Gertje, Gerrit, Jerry/Gerry.

Gérard (French: [ʒeʁɑʁ]) is a French masculine given name of 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'). The English cognate of Gérard is Gerard.

As a given name

Gérard Adanhoumé (born 1986), Beninese footballer

Gérard Araud (born 1953), Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations

Gérard Asselin (born 1950), Canadian politician

Gérard Audran (1640-1703), French engraver

Gérard Bailly (born 1940), French politician

Gérard Balanche (born 1968), Swiss ski jumper and Olympian

Gérard Banide (born 1936), French football coach

Gérard Bapt (born 1946), French politician

Gérard Barray (born 1931), French film and television actor

Gérard Barreaux (1948-2010), accordionist, composer and actor

Gerard Béhague (1937-2005), Franch-born American ethnomusicologist and professor of Latin American music

Gérard Bélanger (born 1940), Canadian economist and educator

Gérard Berliner (1956–2010), French actor and composer

Gérard Berry (born 1948), French computer scientist

Gérard Bessette (1920–2005), Canadian author and educator

Gérard Biguet (born 1946), French football referee

Gérard Binet (born 1955), Canadian politician

Gérard Bitsindou (1941–2012), Republic of the Congo politician and judge

Gérard Blain (1930-2000), French actor and film director

Gérard Blanc (1947– 2009), French pop singer and guitarist

Gérard Blitz (1912–1990), Belgian water polo player, Yogi and entrepreneur

Gérard Blitz (1901–1979), Belgian Olympic swimmer and water polo player

Gérard Bonnevie (born 1952), French alpine skier and Olympian

Gérard Bouchard (born 1943), Canadian historian, sociologist and writer

Gérard Bougrier (born 1944), French civil servant

Gérard Boulanger (born 1948), French politician, lawyer and human rights activist

Gérard Brach (1927–2006), French screenwriter

Gérard Brachet (born 1944) French aerospace engineer

Gérard Brosselin (1870–1905), French tennis player

Gérard Bruchési (born 1931), Canadian politician and insurance broker

Gérard Buquet (born 1954), French conductor and composer

Gérard Buscher (born 1960), French football player and manager

Gérard Calvet (1927–2008), French Roman Catholic abbot

Gérard Calvi (born 1922), French composer

Gérard d'Aboville (born 1945) French rower, first man to row across two oceans solo

Gérard Thibault d'Anvers (c.1574–1627), Dutch fencing master and author * Gérard D’Athée (fl. 13th century), French mercenary captain

Gérard de Balorre (1899–1974), French equestrian and Olympian

Gérard of Brogne (c.895–959), Belgian Roman Catholic abott

Gérard Le Cam (born 1954), French politician

Gérard Caron (1916-1986), Canadian organist and pianist

Gérard Caron (born 1938), French advertiser and designer

Gérard Caussé (born 1948), French violist

Gérard Cauvin (????-1531), French father of the Protestant Reformer John Calvin

Gérard César (December 1934), French politician

Gérard Chaliand (born 1934), French expert in armed-conflict studies and international and strategic relations

Gérard Chapdelaine (born 1935), Canadian politician and lawyer

Gérard Charasse (born 1944), French politician

Gérard Cherpion (born 1948), French politician

Gérard Cholley (born 1945), French international rugby union player

Gérard Cochet (1888–1969), French illustrator

Gérard Collomb (born 1947), French politician, Mayor of Lyon

Gérard Cooreman (1852–1926), Belgian politician

Gérard Corbiau (born 1941), Belgian film director

Gérard de Cortanze (born 1948,) French writer, essayist, translator and literary critic

Gérard Coste (born 1939), French painter and diplomat

Gérard Côté (1913–1993), Canadian marathon runner

Gérard de Courcelles (????-1927), French racing driver

Gérard Cournoyer (1912–1973), Canadian politician and lawyer

Gérard Crombac (1929–2005), Swiss auto-racing journalist

Gérard Dagon (1936-2011), French evangelical Protestant pastor, teacher, author, publisher anti-cult activist

Gérard Darmon (born 1948), French actor and singer

Gérard Darrieu (1925–2004), French actor

Gérard Daucourt (born 1941), Swiss Catholic Bishop

Gérard Debreu (1921–2004), French economist and mathematician

Gérard Delbeke (1903-1977), Belgian footballer

Gérard Deltell (born 1964), Canadian politician

Gérard Depardieu (born 1948), French-born Russian actor and film-maker

Gérard Deprez (born 1943), Belgian politician

Gérard Dériot (born 1944), French politician

Gérard Desargues (1591-1661), French mathematician and engineer

Gérard Deschamps (born 1937), French contemporary artist

Gérard Paul Deshayes (1795– 1875), French geologist and conchologist

Gérard Desrosiers (born 1919), Canadian physician and founder of the first regional library in Quebec

Gérard Devos (1903-1972), Belgian footballer

Gérard Diffloth (born 1939), French linguist

Gérard Dionne (born 1919), Canadian Roman Catholic Bishop

Gérard Ducarouge (born 1941), French Formula One race car designer

Gérard Dufresne (born 1918), Canadian politician and a military officer

Gérard Duquet (1909-1986), Canadian politician

Gérard Edelinck (1640–1707), Flemish-born French copper-plate engraver and print publisher

Gérard Encausse (1865-1916), Spanish-born French physician, hypnotist, popularizer of occultism, founder of the modern Martinist Order

Gérard Errera (born 1943), French diplomat

Gérard Farison (born 1944), French footballer

Gérard Feldzer (born 1944), French aviator and consultant and aerospace engineer

Gérard Fenouil (born 1945), French track and field athlete and Olympian

Gérard Férey (born 1941), French chemist and teacher

Gérard Filion (1909–2005), Canadian businessman and journalist

Gérard Fombrun (born 1931), Haitian sculptor

Gérard La Forest (born 1926), Canadian former member of the Supreme Court of Canada and lawyer

Gérard Fromanger (born 1939), French artist

Gérard Fussman (born 1940) French indologist

Gérard Gagnon (fl. 1970s), Canadian priest and translator

Gérard Garitte (1914–1992), Belgian scientist and historian

Gérard Garouste (born 1946), French painter, illustrator, and decorator

Gérard Gasiorowski (1930—1986), French photographer, painter, and fictive artist

Gérard Gaudron (born 1949), French politician

Gérard Gauthier (born 1948), Canadian hockey player

Gérard Geisbusch (born 1988), Luxembourger footballer

Gérard Genette (born 1930), French literary theorist

Gérard Gili (born 1952), French football manager

Gérard Girouard (born 1933), Canadian politician

Gérard Gnanhouan (born 1979), Ivorian footballer

Gérard Granel (1930– 2000), French philosopher and translator

Gérard Grenier (????-c. 1165 and 1171), French Christian Crusader

Gérard Grisey (1946–1998), French composer

Gérard Gropaiz (1943–2012), French swimmer and Olympian

Gérard Guillaumaud (1961–2006), French Air Force test pilot

Gérard Hallet (born 1946), French footballer

Gérard Hamel (born 1945), French politician

Gérard Hausser (born 1939), French footballer

Gérard Hekking (1879—1942), French cellist

Gérard Hernandez (born 1933), Spanish-born French film, television and voice actor

Gérard Hérold (1935–1993), French actor

Gérard Hoarau (1950–1985), Seychellois politician

Gérard Holtz (born 1946), French sports journalist

Gérard Houllier (born 1947), French football manager

Gérard Huet (born 1947), French computer scientist

Gérard Jaffrès (born 1956), French singer, writer and performer

Gérard Janvion (born 1953), French footballer

Gérard Jarry (1936–2004), French violinist

Gérard Jean-Juste (1946–2009), Haitian Roman Catholic priest and rector

Gérard Joseph (born 1949), Haitian footballer

Gérard Jugnot (born 1951), French actor, film director, screenwriter and producer

Gérard Klein (born 1937), French science fiction writer

Gérard Kobéané (born 1988), Burkinabe sprinter and Olympian

Gérard Krawczyk (born 1953), French film director

Gérard Labrune (born 1943), French syndicalist

Gérard de Lally-Tollendal (1751–1830), French politician

Gérard Lamy (born 1919), Canadian politician

Gérard Landry (1914–1989), Argentine actor

Gérard Lanvin (born 1950), French actor

Gérard Laplau (1938-2009), French folk artist

Gérard Laprise (1925–2000), Canadian politician

Gérard Larcher (born 1949), French politician

Gérard Larrousse (born 1940), French sports car racing, rallying and Formula One driver

Gérard Latortue (born 1934), former Haitian Prime Minister

Gérard Laumon (born 1952), French mathematician

Gérard Mentor Laurent (1933-2001), Haitian historian and educator

Gérard Lauzier (1932–2008), French comics author and film director

Gérard Lebel (born 1930), Canadian politician

Gérard Lebovici (1932–1984), French film producer and editor

Gérard Lefranc (born 1935), French fencer and Olympian

Gérard Légaré (1908–1997), Canadian politician

Gérard Lelièvre (born 1949), French race walker and Olympian

Gérard Leman (1851–1920), Belgian military general

Gérard Lenorman (born 1945), French singer

Gérard Lesne (born 1956), is a French opera countertenor

Gérard D. Levesque (1926–1993), Canadian politician

Gérard Lifondja (born 1989), Belgian footballer

Gérard Loiselle (born 1921-1994), Canadian politician

Gérard Loncke (1905-1979), Belgian professional road bicycle racer

Gérard Longuet (born 1946), French politician, former French Minister of Defense

Gérard Lorgeoux (born 1943), French politician

Gérard, Duke of Lorraine (c. 1030–1070), French Duke of Alsace

Gérard Magnin (born 1951), French ecologist

Gérard Majax (1943), French illusionist

Gérard Manset (born 1945), French singer-songwriter, painter, photographer and writer

Gérard de la Martinière (born 1943), French businessman

Gérard Masson (born 1936), French composer

Gérard Mendel (1930–2004), French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist

Gérard Mestrallet (born 1949), French aerospace engineer, businessman

Gérard Millet (born 1939), French politician

Gérard Miquel (born 1946), French politician

Gérard Mourou (born 1944), French physicist and engineer

Gérard Mulliez (born 1931), French businessman and entrepreneur

Gérard de Nerval (1808–1855), French poet, essayist and translator

Gérard Niding (????-????), Canadian politician

Gérard Onesta (born 1960), French politician

Gérard Kango Ouédraogo (born 1925), Burkinabé politician

Gérard Ouellet (1913–1975), Canadian politician

Gérard Oury (1919– 2006), French film director, actor and screenwriter

Gérard Pape (born 1955) American composer, author and psychologist

Gérard Patris (1931−1990), French film and television director

Gérard Pierre-Charles (1935–2004), Haitian politician

Gérard Pelletier (1919–1997), Canadian journalist and politician

Gérard Perrier (born 1928), French cross country skier and Olympian

Gérard Perron (1920–1981), Canadian politician

Gérard Philipe (1922–1959), French actor

Gérard Pirès (born 1942), French film director and screenwriter

Gérard Prunier (born 1942), French academic and historian

Gérard du Puy (????-1389), French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church

Gérard Rabinovitch (born 1948), French philosopher and sociologist

Gérard Rancinan (born 1953), French photographer

Gérard Rinaldi (1943-2012), French singer and actor

Gérard Roland (born 1954), Belgian economist

Gérard Roland (born 1981), French footballer

Gérard Roussel (1500–1550) French cleric and theologian

Gérard Rousset (1921–2000), French fencer and Olympian

Gérard Rozenknop (born 1950) French public servant and aerospace engineer

Gérard Rudolf (born 1966), South African actor

Gérard Saint (1935—1960), French professional road bicycle racer

Gérard Schivardi (born 1950), French politician

Gérard Ernest Schneider (1896–1986), Swiss painter

Gérard de Sède (1921-2004), French author and supporter of the Action française political movement

Gérard Séty (1922–1998), French actor

Gérard Soisson (1935–1983), Luxembourger banker

Gérard Soler (born 1954), French footballer and coach

Gérard Solvès (born 1968), French tennis player and coach

Gérard Souzay (1918–2004), French baritone opera singer

Gérard Théberge (1930-2000), Canadian ice hockey player and Olympian

Gérard Théodore (1920–2012), French military officer and statistician

Gérard Charles Édouard Thériault (1932–1998), Canadian Air Force General and Chief of the Defence Staff

Gérard Tremblay (born 1918), Canadian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church

Gérard Tremblay (born 1950), French race car driver

Gérard Vachonfrance (1933–2008), French physician

Gérard de Vaucouleurs (1918–1995), French astronomer

Gérard Veilleux (born 1942), Canadian businessman, former president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Gérard Vergnaud (born 1933), French mathematician, philosopher, educator and psychologist

Gérard de Villiers (born 1929), French writer, journalist and editor

Gérard Voisin (born 1945), French politician

Gérard Wertheimer (b. 1950), French businessman, entrepreneur, racehorse breeder, perfumer

Gérard Aristote Zaonarivelo (????-????) Malagasy politician

As a surname

Adolphe Gérard (1844–1900), French chef

André Gérard (1911–1994, French footballer and football manager.

Arnaud Gérard (born 1984), French professional road bicycle racer

Balthasar Gérard (c.1557– 1584), French assassin of the Dutch independence leader William I of Orange

Bernard Gérard (1930-2000), French composer

Bernard Gérard (born 1953), French politician

Charles Gérard (born 1926), French actor

Danyel Gérard (born 1939), French pop singer and composer

David Gérard (born 1977), French rugby union player

Étienne Maurice Gérard (1773–1852), French military general and statesman

François Gérard (1770–1837), French painter

Jacques Gérard (1890-1918), French pilot and World War I flying ace

Jean-Claude Gérard (born 1944), French flautist

Joseph Gérard (1831-1914), French Catholic missionary

Marguerite Gérard (1761–1837) French painter and etcher

Rosemonde Gérard (1871– 1953), French poet and playwright

Yves Gérard (born 1932), French musicologist

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