Gearld
Meaning
a transposed-letter spelling of Gerald, Germanic gar + wald, spear rule
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Gearld has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
When you meet Gearld
Most people given the name Gearld in the United States were born between 1940 and 1969. The Gearld you meet today is most often in his 60s or 70s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Gearld deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Gearld truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Gearld fits with your family’s names and surname.
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