Gearld is a boy name with a rare feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Gearld means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Gearld across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Gearld has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Gearld is a boy name of Germanic origin meaning “variant of Gerald, spear ruler”. A respelling of Gerald, from ger (spear) and wald (rule).
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 4,286 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Gearld per year, United States (1914 to 1988). United States peaked in 1941 (146/yr).
Gearld is an uncommon baby name in the United States. It was most common in 1941, when it ranked #1,035 nationally (given to 146 babies that year).
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