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Meaning, origin and pronunciation, with published usage by place and year.
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Spear + brave, or spear + power, in the Gerard and Gerald routes.
Garrett explicitly links Gerard and Gerald. Their supporting etymologies give spear plus hard/brave and spear plus might/power respectively. The alternatives are retained rather than reduced to one universal gloss. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Gerard&oldid=95376797 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Gerald&oldid=94539612.
Medieval English and Irish forms in the Gerard/Gerald name families.
The exact entry records both relationships, surname transfer and direct Irish use from Gerard. These are distinct Germanic name histories. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Gerard&oldid=95376797 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Gerald&oldid=94539612.
/ˈɡæɹɪt/; /ˈɡɛɹɪt/
First reading Received Pronunciation/Australian and U.S. without the Mary-marry-merry merger; second reading U.S./Canada with that merger. Other regional variants remain documented in the source. Exact English given-name sense manually reviewed; no audio reused.
Recorded English reading, as published. Accents and preferred pronunciations can differ.
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2025 | Boys | 25 · preliminary | 1015 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2019 | Boys | 5 | 3411 | Historical source: not all years independently cross-checked. Rank basis: source published. |
| Northern Ireland | 2007 | Boys | 3 | 357 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Ireland | 2021 | Boys | 4 | 631 | Names below three occurrences are unpublished. Accent recording changed in 2018; comparisons across that boundary may not describe the same spelling coverage. Counts refer to registrations in the year. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 2014 | Girls | 6 | 14558 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
| United States | 2025 | Boys | 526 | 564 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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Garrett explicitly links Gerard and Gerald. Their supporting etymologies give spear plus hard/brave and spear plus might/power respectively. The alternatives are retained rather than reduced to one universal gloss. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Gerard&oldid=95376797 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Gerald&oldid=94539612. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adaptation: language scope and exact-name evidence condensed by Rare Baby Names; no audio or images reused. CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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The entry records Gary as a short form in several Germanic compound-name traditions and sometimes of Gareth. These parent-name histories are distinct, and counts remain spelling-specific.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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The exact entry records both relationships, surname transfer and direct Irish use from Gerard. These are distinct Germanic name histories. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Gerard&oldid=95376797 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Gerald&oldid=94539612. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adaptation: language scope and exact-name evidence condensed by Rare Baby Names; no audio or images reused. CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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First reading Received Pronunciation/Australian and U.S. without the Mary-marry-merry merger; second reading U.S./Canada with that merger. Other regional variants remain documented in the source. Exact English given-name sense manually reviewed; no audio reused. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adaptation: language scope and exact-name evidence condensed by Rare Baby Names; no audio or images reused. CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Attribution: Source: NISRA : Website: www.nisra.gov.uk
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Credit: Central Statistics Office, Ireland, VSA50 and VSA60, updated 27 February 2026.
License: CC BY 4.0
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: joined the published count and rank indicators and matched unambiguous existing spellings. Source values retained.
