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Garald
How to Pronounce Garald
Pronounced GAIR-uld /ˈɡærəld/High
Meaning: Garald is a variant spelling of Gerald, from the Germanic ger, 'spear', and wald, 'rule' or 'ruler' — 'ruler with the spear'. Brought to England by the Normans and revived in the nineteenth century, Gerald spawned casual respellings like Garald in twentieth-century American records; the meaning is unchanged.Low
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History & Origin
Garald is a variant of Gerald, from the Germanic ger, 'spear', and wald, 'rule'. Gerald came to England with the Normans and was widely revived by the nineteenth century, and this altered spelling belongs to the informal American respelling habit of the twentieth.
This spelling was always rare, reaching only a couple dozen boys a year around 1949 while Gerald was common. A Garald from that time belongs to a grandfather's generation now, and the name reads as a homespun twist on a familiar classic.
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What does the name Garald mean?
It's a spelling of Gerald, from Germanic ger, 'spear', and wald, 'rule'.
How do you pronounce Garald?
It's said GAIR-uld /ˈɡærəld/, two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Garald a boy or girl name?
Garald is used as a boy's name.
Is Garald a popular name?
No, this spelling was always rare, a variant of Gerald seen only faintly in the twentieth century.