Gender: Masculine Usage: English, Dutch Pronounced: je-RAHRD [key] Derived from the Germanic element ger “spear” combined with hard “brave, hardy”. The Normans introduced this name to Britain. from behindthename.com NOT Gerald (which, btw, means ‘rule of the spear’). And most definitely NOT – thanks for nothing, OCBC – Gernard. It matters not that I write [...]