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
- ● 1185x1186 Geroldi (gen) PR-XXXVI p. 13;
1189 Garwoldi (gen) GASurv p. 115,
Gerold (nom) ibid. p. 78
- France
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- Latin
- ● c823 Giroldus (nom) irminon-vol2 4, CE;
862x876 Giraldi (gen) InsMacon X;
937x993 Geraldi (gen) CartSavII 1;
957x91 Gairoldo (abl) St-Bernard-Romans no. 81;
994 Giroldi (gen) CartSavII 7;
c996 Girolt (nom) ibid. 6;
c1010 Geraldi (gen) ibid. 5,
Geraldus (nom) ibid. 5;
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;
1171 Geraldus (nom) ibid. 144;
1173 Geraldo (abl) ibid. 152;
1174 Geraldi (gen) ibid. 158;
1179 Giroldi (gen) ibid. 177,
Giroldus (nom) ibid. 174;
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,
Giraudi (gen) ibid. 1093
- Old French
- ◑ 1313 Geroudet Paris1313 p. 46
- Middle French
- ● 1368 Giraut beauchet-vol1 p. 14
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 822x875 Geroldo (abl) TradCorb §194,
Geroldus (nom) ibid. §194
- Ireland
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- Early Modern English
- ● 1528 Gerald Fiants-1 25;
1531 Gerald ibid. 30;
1534 Gerald ibid. 35
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1464 Giraldus (nom) CUP-III-I CCXXXI
- Spain
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- Latin
- ● 1019 Geraldus (nom) CDCB-XV MMCLXXIV;
1190 Geralli (gen) ibid. MMCCVI
- Switzerland
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- Latin
- ● 1141 Giroldus (nom) CartHaut 3;
1150 Giraldus (nom) ibid. 4;
1154 Giroldus (nom) ibid. 5;
1157 Giroldi (gen) ibid. 8,
Giroldus (nom) ibid. 8;
1161 Geroldi (gen) ibid. 11,
Giroldo (abl) ibid. 11;
1162 Giroldi (gen) ibid. 12;
1163 Giroldi (gen) ibid. 13,
Giroldus (nom) ibid. 13;
1215 Giroldus (nom) ibid. 33;
1242 Giroudus (nom) ibid. 44
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Gerald". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2016/2/name/Gerald.