French: from Gérouard; according to Morlet, from the
Germanic personal name Geroward, Giroward, composed of
the elements gar, ger ‘spear’, ‘lance’ +
ward ‘guardian’. Dauzat, on the other hand, describes it as a
derivative of Geroul, a compound of gar,
ger + wolf, wulf ‘wolf’.
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