Gailhard
m.
Proto-Germanic *gailaz 'merry, excited; beautiful; lush, lustful' + Old Saxon hard, Old High German hart 'strong, hard'.
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1273 Galhardi (gen) RegToul-13thC p. 30,
Galhart (nom) ibid. p. 23;
1283–86 Gailhardus (nom) GasReg-A;
1304 Galhard (nom) ibid.;
1310 Galhardus (nom) ibid.;
1310–11 Galhardus (nom) ibid.
- Old French
- ● 1296 Gaillart paris1296 p. 47
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Gailhard". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 4. http://dmnes.org/2016/4/name/Gailhard.