Gerardo

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Gerardo is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name417K records spelled Gerardo16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Ecuador

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Gérardo, Gërardo, Gerardó, Géřářďo, Ğerardo

• a separate given name68K records spelled Gerardo2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, United Kingdom, Spain

  Also written Gérardo

• Catalan given name27K records spelled Gerardo5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Philippines

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Gérardo, Gërãrdõ, Gerardö

• Lao given name6.8K records spelled Gerardo6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States, Thailand, Chile

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written เกรารโด, เกราร์โด, Gérardo, Gerardö

• Hindi given name6.4K records spelled Gerardo7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Italy, Peru

  Languages: Hindi, Sinhala, Urdu

  Also written Gerardó

• Russian given name1.8K records spelled Gerardo12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, Spain, Russia

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Херардо, Герардо, Джерардо, Gherardo, Херарда

59 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Gerardo is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, Radici germaniche gar/gēr "lancia" + hard "forte".

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, Radici germaniche gw, gar = lancia. :$sta.r hnrd = forte. S. Glitrardo, vescovo e patroiio di V(.llet,ri. 7 dicembre. llolti derivati ili etimologia rvidcute: Gerardi. Glierardi, Gliirardi, Girardi. Giraldi, coi relativi suf. fissi. cciiiiuni a tutta Italia. r u d i -do, Girodo. Girodetti. e forse Girctti (piemontese). Girardengo (patronimico).

  as a name·Nomi e Cognomi: Saggio di ricerche etimologiche e storiche

• In Italian, variante regional de Gherardo

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In German, männl. Vom., italienische [d3e'rar- do] und spanische [xe'rardo] Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Abile con la lancia

  as a name·Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 125 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Blessed Gerardb. 1047ITnot in their usual nameFounder of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
• Gerardo de Cremonab. 1114ITItalian translator and astrologer (c. 1114 – 1187)
• Jerry Colonnab. 1904USnot in their usual nameAmerican musician, actor and comedian (1904-1986)
• Martin Sheenb. 1940USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (born 1940)
• Gerardo Martinob. 1962ARArgentine footballer and manager
• Javier Mileib. 1970ARnot in their usual nameeconomist, politician and president of Argentina since 2023
• Gerardo Taracenab. 1970MXMexican actor (1970–2026)
• Gerardo Torradob. 1979MXMexican footballer
• Juan Guaidób. 1983VEnot in their usual nameVenezuelan politician and former President of the National Assembly (1983)
• Gonzalo Higuaínb. 1987FRnot in their usual nameArgentine association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 882 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Gerardo?

We estimate roughly 138 thousand people bear Gerardo (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Gerardo have the most bearers?

Gerardo is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled gerardo.

Where is Gerardo most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Gerardo is densest in Costa Rica — about 1 in 265 people — even though Mexico holds more of our records for it.

How common is Gerardo compared with other names?

In Mexico, Gerardo is the 49th most common given name of 191,605 given names recorded there.

Is Gerardo a male or female name?

Gerardo is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Gerardo mean?

Recorded meaning: Germanic Gairehard/Gerhard, from ger 'spear' + hard 'bold'; 'bold with the spear'.