Gerlach is a male forename 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 ger (meaning 'spear') and /la:k / (meaning 'motion'). The meaning of the name is thus 'spear thrower'.
In later times, it had become a surname as well.
Gerlach may refer to:
Saint Gerlach (died c. 1170), Dutch saint
Gerlach I of Isenburg-Arnfels, Count of Isenburg-Arnfels from 1286 (1287) until 1303
Gerlach I of Isenburg-Wied, Count of Isenburg-Wied from 1409 until 1413
Gerlach I of Nassau-Wiesbaden (before 1288-1361), Count of Nassau
Gerlach II of Isenburg-Arnfels, Count of Isenburg-Arnfels from 1333 until 1379
Gerlach II of Isenburg-Covern, Count of Isenburg-Covern from 1158 until 1217
Gerlach III of Isenburg-Covern, Count of Isenburg-Covern from 1217 until 1235
Gerlach IV of Isenburg-Limburg (died 1289), Lord of Limburg an der Lahn
Gerlach V of Isenburg-Limburg (died 1355), Count of Isenburg-Limburg; grandson of Gerlach IV
Gerlach VI of Isenburg-Limburg (died 1365), Count of Isenburg-Limburg and Lord of Limburg an der Lahn; son of Gerlach V
Gerlach Flicke (fl. 1545-1558), German portrait painter of the English Tudor court
Gerlach Cornelis Joannes van Reenen (1818–1893), Dutch politician
Annette Gerlach (born 1964), German TV host
Carl Gotthelf Gerlach (1704–1761), German organist and music director
Carl Ludvig Gerlach (1832–1893), Danish composer and opera singer
Carl R. Gerlach, mayor of Overland Park, Kansas
Charles L. Gerlach (1895-1947), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
Chris Gerlach (born 1964), American politician
Christian Gerlach, professor of modern history at the University of Bern
Elsie Gerlach, 20th century dental educator
Ernst Ludwig von Gerlach (1795-1877), Prussian judge and politician
Hellmut von Gerlach (1866-1935), German journalist and politician
Jim Gerlach (born 1955), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
Joseph von Gerlach (1820-1896), German anatomist and professor
Kurt Albert Gerlach (1886-1922), German sociologist
Ludwig Friedrich Leopold von Gerlach (1790-1861), Prussian general
Manfred Gerlach (born 1928), head of state of East Germany (1989-1990)
Otto von Gerlach (1801-1849), German theologian and pastor
Talitha Gerlach (1896–1995), American YMCA worker who spent most of her life as a social worker in Shanghai, China.
Walther Gerlach (1889-1979), German physicist
Wim Gerlach (1935-2007), Dutch Olympic boxer
Irene Gerlach, fictional character in Erich Kästner's Lottie and Lisa
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