—2024 rank
1942peak year
431,338babies named Gerald since 1880
▼ 27%5-year trend
Gerald popularity over 145 years
🌱 Below the charts · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Gerald mean?
From Germanic ger, 'spear', and wald, 'rule'. Brought to Britain by the Normans, it stayed steady for centuries and peaked in early-20th-century America.
OriginGermanic
Syllables2
Genderboy
Styleclassic, vintage
Names like Gerald
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Famous Geralds
- Gerald Durrell, naturalist
Spellings & variants
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