German and Dutch: from the personal name Gerlach,
composed of the elements ger, gar ‘spear’ +
lach, a cognate of Old High German leich ‘sport’,
‘play’.Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental adoption of the
German name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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