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Gerald

//ˈd͡ʒɛɹəld// name

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  1. 1
    A male given name from the Germanic languages. countable, uncountable

    "Helen interrupted her sister, by asking her opinion of the how the name, Gerald Vernon, sounded. "Oh, charmingly!" said Charlotte, and, raising herself above her sister, and reclining her splendid head upon her arm, continued she, "Why, do you know such a one?" "I do," said Helen, "It's a pretty name, that's all," and she tried to draw her sister's attention off, […]"

  2. 2
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A placename; A village in the Rural Municipality of Spy Hill No. 152, Saskatchewan, Canada. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A placename; A place in the United States.; A former unincorporated community in Dale County, Alabama. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A placename; A place in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Champaign County, Illinois. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A placename; A place in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Tobin Township, Perry County, Indiana. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A placename; A place in the United States.; A small city in Franklin County, Missouri. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A placename; A place in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Henry County, Ohio. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A placename; A place in the United States.; The former name of Ponder, a town in Texas. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Old French, ultimately from Frankish *gaiʀ (“spear”) + *wald (“might, power”). The name was brought to England by the Normans. It survived in Ireland, and was revived in the 19th century.

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