Gerald
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- //ˈd͡ʒɛɹəld//
A male given name from the Germanic languages.
proper noun
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A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Helen interrupted her sister, by asking her opinion of the how the name, Gerald Vernon, sounded. "Oh, charmingly!" said Charlotte, and, raising herself above her sister, and reclining her splendid head upon her arm, continued she, "Why, do you know such a one?" "I do," said Helen, "It's a pretty name, that's all," and she tried to draw her sister's attention off, […]
"You're saying my father's favourite names were Gerald and Candless?" "Not likely, is it? But Gerald must have been a favourite name with Kathleen and George Candless or they wouldn't have called their son by it?"
The Eric Revis Trio, featuring the pianist Kris Davis, the bassist Eric Revis and the drummer Gerald Cleaver performing at the Jazz Gallery.
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A surname.
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A placename A village in the Rural Municipality of Spy Hill No. 152, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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A placename A place in the United States. A former unincorporated community in Dale County, Alabama.
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A placename A place in the United States. An unincorporated community in Champaign County, Illinois.
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A placename A place in the United States. An unincorporated community in Tobin Township, Perry County, Indiana.
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A placename A place in the United States. A small city in Franklin County, Missouri.
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A placename A place in the United States. An unincorporated community in Henry County, Ohio.
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A placename A place in the United States. The former name of Ponder, a town in Texas.
Etymology
From Old French, ultimately from Frankish *gaiʀ (“spear”) + *wald (“might, power”). The name was brought to England by the Normans. It survived in Ireland, and was revived in the 19th century.
Forms
- plural
- Geralds
Gerald · A male given name from the Germanic languages.
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