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.
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1189 Garwoldi (gen) GASurv p. 115,
Gerold (nom) ibid. p. 78
- France
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- Latin
- ● 862x876 Giraldi (gen) InsMacon X;
957x91 Gairoldo (abl) St-Bernard-Romans no. 81;
1030 Geraldus (nom) StVdM-II 678;
1044 Geraldus (nom) ibid. 659;
1047 Geraldus (nom) CartNDSaintes II;
1047x1061 Giraldus (nom) ibid. XX;
1050 Geraldi (gen) St-Bernard-Romans no. 100,
Geraldo (abl) ibid. no. 100;
c1050 Giraldus (nom) StVdM-II 695;
1055 Geraldus (nom) ibid. 680;
1059 Geraldus (nom) ibid. 689,
Giraldus (nom) ibid. 687;
1060 Giraldus (nom) ibid. 730;
1060x1064 Geraldus (nom) ibid. 660;
1067x1086 Geraldus (nom) CartNDSaintes XIV;
1075 Geraldi (gen) StVdM-II 731;
1079x1101 Giroldi (gen) CartStPC IX,
Giroldus (nom) ibid. IX;
1101x1129 Giraldus (nom) ibid. XXXVI;
1115 Geraldi (gen) StVdM-II 734;
1121 Geraldus (nom) CartNDJosaphat X;
1129 Geraldi (gen) StVdM-II 735,
Geraudi (gen) ibid. 735;
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
- ● 822x875 Geroldo (abl) TradCorb §194,
Geroldus (nom) ibid. §194
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Gerald". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Gerald.