Gerardus

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language 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◐

Gerardus is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name822 records spelled Gerardus2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Netherlands, United States, Canada, United Kingdom

  Also written Gérardus

44 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●

Gerardus is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Gerasene [Gadarene]

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, Gerasa [Gadarene]

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, Biblical name

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In German, männl. Vom., latinisierte Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

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●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Gerhard Mercatorb. 1512BEnot in their usual nameFlemish geographer, cosmographer and cartographer (1512–1594)
• Eduard Cuypersb. 1859NLnot in their usual nameDutch architect (1859-1927)
• Gerardus van der Leeuwb. 1890NLDutch religious studies scholar and politician (1890–1950)
• Huub Oosterhuisb. 1933NLnot in their usual nameDutch theologian and poet (1933–2023)
• Gerard Soetemanb. 1936NLnot in their usual nameDutch screenwriter
• Gerardus 't Hooftb. 1946NLDutch theoretical physicist
• Theo Jansenb. 1948NLnot in their usual nameDutch artist (born 1948)
• Frans Timmermansb. 1961NLnot in their usual nameDutch politician (born 1961)
• Paul Verhaeghb. 1983NLnot in their usual nameDutch association football player (born 1983)
• Robin Roefsb. 2003NLnot in their usual nameDutch association football player (born 2003)

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 · 70 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Gerardus?

We estimate roughly 229 thousand people bear Gerardus (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Gerardus have the most bearers?

We estimate about 229 thousand people bear Gerardus in the Netherlands, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled gerardus.

Where is Gerardus most common?

Gerardus is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 76 people carrying it.

How common is Gerardus compared with other names?

In the Netherlands, Gerardus is the 13th most common given name of 134,847 given names recorded there.

Is Gerardus a male or female name?

Gerardus 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 Gerardus mean?

Recorded meaning: a male given name similar to Gerard