Jerard
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- juh-RARD
- Origin
- Germanic
Jerard is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “brave with the spear”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jerard mean?
Germanic: respelling of Gerard, from ger 'spear' + hard 'brave'
“brave with the spear”
A respelling of Gerard, a Germanic name meaning brave with the spear.
Is Jerard a girl's or a boy's name?
Jerard is a boys' name.
How popular is Jerard in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1986, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 1920.
Half of all the boys named Jerard in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jerard in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 27 | #2,483 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 28 | #2,192 |
| 1987 | 35 | #1,826 |
| 1986 | 37 | #1,693 |
| 1985 | 25 | #2,170 |
| 1984 | 27 | #1,978 |
| 1983 | 22 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,928 |
| 1981 | 31 | #1,810 |
| 1980 | 32 | #1,765 |
| 1979 | 20 | #2,378 |
| 1978 | 19 | #2,375 |
| 1977 | 14 | #2,909 |
| 1976 | 23 | #2,053 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,356 |
| 1973 | 14 | #2,604 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 23 | #1,861 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,398 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,045 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 13 | #2,241 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,215 |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,474 |
| 1964 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1963 | 13 | #2,299 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 11 | #2,448 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,466 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
Nicknames for Jerard
- Jerry 15 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Jerard
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jeffrey Jason Jared Derek Justin Jamie Jesse Garrett Matthew Joshua Jeremy Jacob
Names related to Jerard
More Germanic names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jerard: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jerard, updated 20 October 2026.