Gerhard - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Gerhard \ge-rha-rd, ger-hard\ is a variant of Garrard (Old English), Gerald (Old German) and Gerard (Old English), and the meaning of Gerhard is "spear-hard; spear-brave; spear ruler; spear brave".

The baby name Gerhard sounds like Gerhardt, Gerrard and Gerhart. Other similar baby names are Erhard, Jerard, Girard, Gerardo, Gearard and Jerrard.

Gerhard is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#13783 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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