Gerald is a

male Male (Mars symbol, symbol: ♂) is the sex of an organism that produces the gamete (sex cell) known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or ovum, in the process of fertilization. A male organism cannot sexual reproduction, repro ...

Germanic given name Germanic given names are traditionally dithematic; that is, they are formed from two elements, by joining a prefix and a suffix. For example, King Æþelred's name was derived from ', for "noble", and ', for "counsel". However, there are also ...

meaning "rule of the spear" from the prefix ''ger-'' ("spear") and suffix ''-wald'' ("rule"). Variants include the English given name Jerrold, the feminine

nickname A nickname is a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place or thing. Commonly used to express affection, a form of endearment, and sometimes amusement, it can also be used to express defamation of character. As a concept, it is ...

Jeri Jeri is a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Jeri Campbell (born 1970), American figure skater * Jeri Ellsworth (born 1974), American entrepreneur and computer chip designer * Jeri Laber (born 1931), Ame ...

and the

Welsh language Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). Historically, it has ...

Gerallt and

Irish language Irish (an Caighdeán Oifigiúil, Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic languages, Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European lang ...

Gearalt. Gerald is less common as a surname. The name is also found in French as

Gérald Gérald is a French male given name, a variant of the old Géraud and more common Gérard, both equivalent to Gerald in English. People with the name include: * Gérald Mossé * Gérald de Palmas * Gérald Leblanc Less frequently the French name ...

Geraldine Geraldine may refer to: People * Geraldine (name), the feminine form of the first name Gerald, with list of people thus named. * The Geraldines, Irish dynasty descended from the Anglo-Norman Gerald FitzWalter de Windsor * Geraldine of Albania, th ...

is the feminine equivalent.

Given name

People with the name Gerald include:

Politicians

* Gerald Boland, Ireland's longest-serving Minister for Justice *

Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. ( ; born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. He was the only president never to have been elected ...

, 38th President of the United States *

Gerald Gardiner, Baron Gardiner Gerald Austin Gardiner, Baron Gardiner, (30 May 1900 – 7 January 1990) was a British Labour politician, who served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain from 1964 to 1970 and during that time he introduced into British law as many reforms ...

, Lord Chancellor from 1964 to 1970 *

Gerald Häfner Gerald Häfner (born 3 November 1956 in Munich) is a German politician who served as an MEP for Alliance '90/The Greens between 2009 and 2014. He had three separate spells as a member of the Bundestag between 1987 and 2002 (1987-1990, 1994-1998 an ...

, German MEP *

Gerald Klug Gerald Klug (born 13 November 1968) is an Austrian jurist and politician who served as minister of transport, innovation and technology in 2016. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he previously served as minister of defence and sports ...

, Austrian politician *

Gerald Lascelles (disambiguation) Gerald Lascelles is the name of: * Gerald William Lascelles (1849–1928), author and Deputy Surveyor of the New Forest, England ** Gerald Hubert Lascelles (1876–1928), son of Gerald William Lascelles * Gerald David Lascelles (1924–1998) ...

, several people *

Gerald Nabarro Sir Gerald David Nunes Nabarro (29 June 1913 – 18 November 1973) was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician who was an MP from 1950 until his death. Nabarro positioned himself on the right of the Conservative Party. Though h ...

, British Conservative politician * Gerald S. McGowan, US Ambassador to Portugal *

Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington, (21 August 1885 – 4 January 1972), styled Lord Gerald Wellesley between 1900 and 1943, was an Anglo-Irish diplomat, soldier, and architect. Background and education Wellesley was the third son of Lor ...

, British diplomat, soldier, and architect

Sports

Gerald Asamoah Gerald Asamoah (; born 3 October 1978) is a German football manager and former professional player who works as the first-team manager of Schalke 04. During his playing career, Asamoah played as a forward, and he was mainly known for his pace, h ...

, Ghanaian-born German football player *

Gerald Beverly Gerald Leon Beverly (born November 18, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Iwate Big Bulls of the Japanese B3 League. He played college basketball for the Daemen Wildcats. College career Beverly played four seasons at Daeme ...

, American basketball player *

Gerald Brown (American football) Gerald Brown is an American football coach who was the Atlanta Falcons running backs coach from 2008 to 2014, and currently works as an analyst for the University of Tennessee. During his time with the Falcons, he coached two Pro Bowl selections ...

, American football coach * Gerald Christian (born 1991), American football player *

Gerald Davies Thomas Gerald Reames Davies CBE DL (born 7 February 1945 in Llansaint) is a Welsh former rugby union wing who played international rugby for Wales between 1966 and 1978. He is one of a small group of Welsh players to have won three Grand Sla ...

, Welsh rugby player * Gerald Dockery, American football player * Gerald Everett, American football player * Gerald Green, American basketball player * Gerald Humphries, English cricketer *

Gerald Laird Gerald Lee Laird III (born November 13, 1979) is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals, Atlanta Braves, and Arizona Diamondbacks. C ...

, baseball player * Gerald Madkins (born 1969), American basketball player and executive * Gerald Melzer, Austrian tennis player * Gerald Sensabaugh, American football player * Gerald Sherry, American football player * Gerald Wallace, American basketball player *

Gerald Willis Gerald Willis III (born August 23, 1995) is an American football defensive tackle for the Orlando Guardians of the XFL (2020), XFL. He played college football for the Florida Gators football, Florida Gators and Miami Hurricanes football, Miami ...

(born 1995), American football player

Entertainment

* Gerald Anderson (born 1989), Filipino American actor * Gerald Casale, vocalist, bass guitar & synthesizer player, ''Devo'' * Gerry Cinnamon (born Gerald Crosbie, 1985), Scottish musician * Gerald Finzi, British composer * Gerald Harper (born 1929), English actor * Gerald Haslam, American author ''The Other California'' *

Gerald Alexander Held Gerald Alexander Held (born 19 October 1958) is a German actor. He is internationally best known for his historical depictions, as Walther Hewel in the 2004 film '' Der Untergang'', Robert Mohr in the 2005 film ''Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage ...

, German actor *

Gerald Levert Gerald Edward Levert (July 13, 1966 – November 10, 2006) was an American singer-songwriter and producer. Levert was best known for singing with his brother, Sean Levert, and friend Marc Gordon of the vocal group LeVert. Levert was also a ...

(1966–2006), American R&B singer and songwriter * Gerald Masters, songwriter and musician * Gerald McRaney (b. 1947), American actor * Gérald Neveu (1921-1960), French poet * Gerald Vizenor, novelist, poet and critic * Gerald Gillum, American rapper known as "G-Eazy" * Gerald Wiley, a pseudonym used by British comic actor and writer

Ronnie Barker Ronald William George Barker (25 September 1929 – 3 October 2005) was an English actor, comedian and writer. He was known for roles in British comedy television series such as '' Porridge'', ''The Two Ronnies'', and ''Open All Hours''. ...

(1929-2005)

Other fields

* Gerald Birks, Canadian World War I fighter ace *

Giraldus Cambrensis Gerald of Wales ( la, Giraldus Cambrensis; cy, Gerallt Gymro; french: Gerald de Barri; ) was a Cambro-Norman priest and historian. As a royal clerk to the king and two archbishops, he travelled widely and wrote extensively. He studied and taugh ...

(Gerald of Wales), medieval clergyman and chronicler of his times *

Gerald Cohen Gerald Allan Cohen, ( ; 14 April 1941 – 5 August 2009) was a Canadian political philosopher who held the positions of Quain Professor of Jurisprudence, University College London and Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory, All ...

(1941–2009), Canadian professor of social and political theory at Oxford University, known as G. A. Cohen *

Gerald Durrell Gerald Malcolm Durrell, (7 January 1925 – 30 January 1995) was a British naturalist, writer, zookeeper, conservation movement, conservationist, and television presenter. He founded the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and the Jersey Zoo o ...

(1925–1995), British naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, author, and television presenter * Lady Gerald Fitzalan-Howard, British aristocrat * Gerald Friedland, American academic * Gerald Murphy, American heir * Gerald Ratner, British retail tycoon * Gerald Mayo, filed a lawsuit against Satan and his servants in US District Court * Gerald Shur (1933-2020), American lawyer, and the founder of the US Federal Witness Protection Program * Gerald Sparrow (1903–1988), British lawyer, judge and travel writer *

Gerald Templer Field Marshal Sir Gerald Walter Robert Templer, (11 September 1898 – 25 October 1979) was a senior British Army officer. He fought in both the world wars and took part in the crushing of the Arab Revolt in Palestine. As Chief of the Imper ...

, British Army officer and military commander * Gerald C. Thomas, United States Marine Corpsgeneral who served as Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps *

Gerald Zamponi Gerald W. Zamponi is a Canadian physiologist and pharmacologist, currently a Canada Research Chair in Molecular Neuroscience at University of Calgary The University of Calgary (U of C or UCalgary) is a public research university located in Calg ...

, Canadian academic

Fictional characters

* Gerald Tippett, a character in the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' *

Gerald Robotnik The '' Sonic the Hedgehog'' video game franchise began in 1991 with the game '' Sonic the Hedgehog'' for the Sega Genesis, which pitted a blue anthropomorphic hedgehog named Sonic against a rotund male human villain named Doctor Eggman (or D ...

, a character from ''Sonic Adventure 2'' * Gerald Broflovski, a character from ''South Park'' * Gerald Martin Johanssen, a character from Nickelodeon's ''Hey Arnold!'' * Gerald, a anthropomorphic sea lion in the 2016 computer-animated sequel film ''

Finding Dory ''Finding Dory'' is a 2016 American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Andrew Stanton, produced by Lindsey Collins and written by Stanton and ...

'' * Gerald McCloy, protagonist in 1950 short film '' Gerald McBoing-Boing'' * Gerald, a character from Little Lotta comics and '' Harvey Street Kids'' * Gerald O'Hara,

Scarlett O'Hara Katie Scarlett O'Hara Hamilton Kennedy Butler is a fictional character and the protagonist in Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel '' Gone with the Wind'' and in the 1939 film of the same name, where she is portrayed by Vivien Leigh. She also is t ...

's father in the film ''Gone with the Wind''

Surname

* Matt Gerald, American actor and screenwriter

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