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.
- Belgium
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- Latin
- ● 1165 Giraldi (gen) CartStBert 18,
Giraldus (nom) ibid. 18;
1169 Geroud (gen) ibid. 20
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1185x1186 Geroldi (gen) PR-XXXVI p. 13;
1189 Garwoldi (gen) GASurv p. 115,
Gerold (nom) ibid. p. 78
- Anglo-French
- ● 1245–1250[1586] Gerald Glover 155
- France
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- Latin
- ● c823 Geraldus (nom) irminon-vol2 30, Ved,
Geroldus (nom) ibid. 16, Ved,
Giraldus (nom) ibid. 94, Ved,
Giroldus (nom) ibid. 4, CE;
862x876 Giraldi (gen) InsMacon X;
937x993 Geraldi (gen) CartSavII 1;
957x91 Gairoldo (abl) St-Barnard-Romans no. 81;
994 Giroldi (gen) CartSavII 7;
c996 Girolt (nom) ibid. 6;
c1010 Geraldi (gen) ibid. 5,
Geraldus (nom) ibid. 5;
1013 Geraldi (gen) ibid. 8,
Geraldus (nom) ibid. 8;
1030 Geraldus (nom) StVdM-II 678;
1032x1064 Giraldus (nom) LDS LXIV;
1044 Geraldus (nom) StVdM-II 659;
1047 Geraldus (nom) CartNDSaintes II;
1047x1061 Giraldus (nom) ibid. XX;
1050 Geraldi (gen) St-Barnard-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;
1064 Giraldo (abl) LDS CXI;
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;
1123 Giraudus (nom) CartYonne1 CXXXVI;
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;
c1175–1180 Geraldus (nom) ChartCaen2 p. 71,
Geroldus (nom) ibid. p. 71,
Giroldi (gen) ibid. p. 68;
1179 Giroldi (gen) clairvaux-12thc 177,
Giroldus (nom) ibid. 174;
1180 Geroldi (gen) RotScaNor p. 15;
1259 Giraudum (acc) ArrestReg-volI XXI, Pentecost,
Giroudi (gen) NDParisII 2-XLVI;
1270 Giroudus (nom) ibid. 2-XLI;
1273 Geraldus (nom) RegToul-13thC p. 23;
1274 Giraudi (gen) RHF-VIII p. 58,
Giraudus (nom) ibid. p. 57;
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;
1332 Giraudo (abl) ChronMaillezais p. 165;
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;
925 Gerolt (nom) UrkStyria 14;
1303 Geraldo (abl) BremUrk2 no. 27
- Ireland
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- Latin
- ● c1456 Geraldus (nom) RegOct 85;
1496 Geraldus (nom) ibid. 34
- Early Modern English
- ● 1528 Gerald Fiants-1 25;
1531 Gerald ibid. 30;
1534 Gerald ibid. 35;
1538 Gerald ibid. 66
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1367 Giraldi (gen) Livi 150;
1464 Giraldus (nom) CUP-III-I CCXXXI
- The Netherlands
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- Latin
- ● 714 Geraldus (nom) OrkGZ no. 4
- Spain
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- Latin
- ● 1019 Geraldus (nom) CDCB-XV MMCLXXIV;
1190 Geralli (gen) ibid. MMCCVI
- Switzerland
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- Latin
- ● 2h12thC Giraldo (abl) CartChart 6;
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;
1235 Giroldo (abl) CLC p. 34,
Giroldum (acc) ibid. p. 34,
Giroldus (nom) ibid. p. 34;
1242 Giroudus (nom) CartHaut 44;
1248 Giroldus (nom) ibid. 51
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Gerald". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2019, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2019/1/name/Gerald.