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Gerhart
How to Pronounce Gerhart
Pronounced GAIR-hart /ˈɡɛər.hɑːrt/Low
Meaning: Gerhart is a German spelling of Gerhard, built from the Old High German ger, 'spear,' and hard, 'brave,' 'hardy,' or 'strong,' giving the sense 'brave with the spear' or 'strong spearman.' It belongs to the same family as the English Gerard and appears in America chiefly through German immigrant naming.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Gerhart is the German cousin of Gerard, joining ger, 'spear,' to hard, 'brave' or 'strong.' Its American showing traces to German-speaking immigrants of the early twentieth century, and it faded as those families anglicized rather than through any modern revival.
Gerhart clustered in the American records in the early nineteen-hundreds, reaching only about fourteen boys a year and thinning as immigrant naming assimilated. A boy named Gerhart at its 1915 showing would belong to a generation now well past a century old.
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What does the name Gerhart mean?
It is a German form of Gerhard, from ger 'spear' and hard 'brave, strong' - 'brave with the spear.'
How do you pronounce Gerhart?
It is said GAIR-hart /ˈɡɛər.hɑːrt/ - two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Gerhart a boy or girl name?
Gerhart is used as a a boy's name.
How popular is Gerhart?
It was always rare in the United States, given to only about fourteen boys a year even at its peak in the early nineteen-hundreds.