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 [ 2 syll. ger-har(d), ge-rha-rd ] The boy name Gerhard is pronounced GERHHAARD KEY. Gerhard is of Germanic origin, and it is predominantly used in the English, German, and Scandinavian languages. Gerhard is an English, German, and Scandinavian variant form of the English and German Gerald. Gerhard is also a German and Scandinavian variant form of the English, French, and Dutch Gerard. Forms of Gerhard include the short forms Gerd (German), Gerit (Frisian), Gero (German), Gerrit (Frisian), and Gert (German), the pet form Kai (Frisian), and the variant spelling Gerhart (German and Scandinavian). See also the related form, the English and German Hardy. Gerhard is a rare baby name for boys. At the modest peak of its usage in 1912, 0.009% of baby boys were given the name Gerhard. Its ranking then was #642. The baby name has since experienced a decline in frequency, and is used only on a very light scale now. In 2008, out of the group of boy names directly linked to Gerhard, the Frisian, Dutch, Finnish, German, Scandinavian, and Welsh Kai was the most widely used. Baby names that sound like Gerhard include the English Garet, the English and Welsh Gareth, the English Garett, the English Garith, the English Garret, the English Garreth, the English Garrett, the German and Scandinavian Gerhart, the English Gordie, the English Gordy, the Irish Grada, the English and Irish Gradey, the English and Irish Grady, the English and Scandinavian Garth, the Hungarian Gellart, the German Gerd, the German Gert, the Italian Gherardo, the English Gord, and the Indian Gurudatta. KEY: Pronunciation for Gerhard: G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)"   |
