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gerard Name Meaning and History

English (chiefly Lancashire) and French (Gérard): from the personal name Gerard, Gérard, introduced to Britain from France by the Normans; it is composed of the Germanic elements gar, ger ‘spear’, ‘lance’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of gerard Families in the US in 1920
Number of gerard families
 143-283
 48-142		 1-47
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Gerard Lockwood connection krisdalley1 2
Gerard French Mexican War Battle of Puebla giftsinspanish 1
Gerard - Liverpool maverick19 4
Thomas and Mary Gerard judizimmer 0
Looking for William Gerard b. 1868 Iowa DonnyDale 0
Harold Gerard - Duluth, MN to Aberdeen, WA John Scott 6
GarardGarrard/Gerard Book - Bob and Carolyn Girard JohnLaird91 0
Azelie Gerard help thecrewsnews 1
Arthur Gerard gerard6324_2 10
Gerard Kathleen Judkins-Gerard 15
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