Gerald
m.
Old High German, Old Saxon gēr 'spear' + Old High German walt 'power'.
The name of an 8th C Anglo-Saxon saint, a 9th C French saint, 10th C German saint, and a 12th C French saint.
Often confused with Gerard and Garet; some forms of this name are indistinguishable from later forms of Gerbald.
- France
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- Latin
- ● 862x876 Giraldi (gen) InsMacon X;
957x91 Gairoldo (abl) St-Bernard-Romans no. 81;
1047 Geraldus (nom) CartNDSaintes II;
1047x1061 Giraldus (nom) ibid. XX;
1050 Geraldi (gen) St-Bernard-Romans no. 100,
Geraldo (abl) ibid. no. 100;
1067x1086 Geraldus (nom) CartNDSaintes XIV;
1079x1101 Giroldi (gen) CartStPC IX,
Giroldus (nom) ibid. IX;
1121 Geraldus (nom) CartNDJosaphat X;
1143x1146 Giraldus (nom) clairvaux-12thc 12;
1180 Geroldi (gen) RotScaNor p. 15;
1259 Giraudum (acc) ArrestReg-volI XXI, Pentecost;
1273 Geraldus (nom) RegToul-13thC p. 23;
1283–86 Geraldi (gen) GasReg-A p. 227;
1287 Geraldus (nom) ibid. p. 74,
Giraldus (nom) ibid. p. 74,
Guiraldus (nom) ibid. p. 74;
1310/11 Geraldus (nom) ibid.;
1310 Geraldus (nom) ibid. p. 217;
1310–11 Giraldus (nom) ibid. p. 236;
1378 Geraldi (gen) hanquetvol1 1700,
Geraldo (dat) ibid. 108
- Old French
- ◑ 1313 Geroudet Paris1313 p. 46
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 822x75 Geroldo (abl) TradCorb §194,
Geroldus (nom) ibid. §194
Preview. DO NOT cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Gerald". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2015/1/name/Gerald.