Type Word & Element
Usage Old High German [1], Old Saxon [2], Old Frisian
Meaning & History
Old High German, Old Saxon and Old Frisian word meaning "spear".
Related Items
Other Languages & Culturesgar(Anglo-Saxon) gair(Frankish) gails, gais(Gothic) gaizaz(Old Germanic) geirr(Old Norse)
Given Name DescendantsHroðgar, Hrothgar, Osgar(Anglo-Saxon) Oskar(Basque) Berenguer, Gerard, Oleguer, Òscar, Roger(Catalan) Gertruda, Oskar(Czech) Asger, Gerhard, Oscar, Oskar(Danish) Geertruida, Gerald, Gerard, Gerarda, Gerben, Gerhard, Gerlinde, Gerlof, Gerrit, Oscar, Roger, Rogier, Rutger, Gerlach, Gerolt, Gertruida(Dutch) Garey, Garret, Garrett, Garry, Gary, Gerald, Geraldine, Gerard, Gertrude, Jarrett, Jarvis, Jerald, Jerold, Jerrold, Major, Oscar, Roger, Gerrard, Gervase, Jerrard, Jervis, Rodger(English) Kertu, Oskar(Estonian) Kerttu, Oskari, Oskar(Finnish) Bérenger, Bérengère, Gérald, Géraldine, Gérard, Géraud, Gertrude, Gervais, Gervaise, Oscar, Roger(French) Gerrit, Jorrit, Jurryt(Frisian) Ansgar, Gerald, Gerhard, Gerhild, Gerlinde, Gernot, Gero, Gerold, Gertraud, Gertrud, Ludger, Oskar, Roger, Rüdiger, Gerfried, Gerhardt, Gerhold, Gerolf, Gertrude, Luitger(German) Aldegar, Ansegar, Ansgar, Berengar, Berengaria, Garibald, Gerbald, Gerbern, Gerbold, Geretrudis, Gerfrid, Gerhard, Gerhild, Gerlach, Gerlind, Germund, Gernot, Gero, Geroald, Gerold, Gertrud, Gerulf, Gervasius, Gerwas, Hrodger, Leutgar, Malger, Odalgar, Olegarius(Germanic) Gellért, Gertrúd, Oszkár, Rezső(Hungarian) Ásgeir, Óskar(Icelandic) Gearóid, Oscar, Gearalt(Irish) Oscar(Irish Mythology) Geltrude, Gerarda, Gerardo, Gervasio, Gherardo, Oscar, Ruggero, Giraldo, Ruggiero(Italian) Ģirts, Oskars(Latvian) Sjra(Limburgish) Gertrūda(Lithuanian) Ansgar, Asgeir, Gerhard, Gjermund, Oscar, Oskar, Roar, Roger(Norwegian) Ansugaizaz, Gaizaþrūþiz, Hrōþigaizaz(Old Germanic) Ásgeirr, Geirmundr, Hróarr, Hróðgeirr(Old Norse) Gerard, Gertruda, Oskar, Gerwazy(Polish) Geraldo, Gertrudes, Gervásio, Olegário, Óscar, Rogério(Portuguese) Oscar(Portuguese (Brazilian)) Gertrúda, Oskár(Slovak) Oskar(Slovene) Geraldo, Gerardo, Gertrudis, Gervasio, Olegario, Óscar, Rogelio(Spanish) Ansgar, Gerhard, Gertrud, Oscar, Oskar, Roger(Swedish) Gerallt(Welsh)
Surname DescendantsRutgers(Dutch) Belanger, Beringer, Garbutt, Garey, Garrard, Garret, Garrett, Garrod, Garry, Gary, Geary, Gorbold, Jarrett, Jarvis, Jervis, Major, Rogers, Rogerson, Rodgers(English) Bélanger, Béranger, Béringer, Gérard, Géroux, Girard, Giraud, Giroux, Roger(French) Behringer, Beringer, Gehrig, Gehring, Gerhard, Gerhardt, Gerig, Gorman(German) Fitzgerald(Irish) Ruggeri, Ruggiero, Ruzzier(Italian) Gerhardsson(Swedish)
Place Name DescendantGary(English)
Sources & References
- Köbler, Gerhard. Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, entry gēr, available from https://www.koeblergerhard.de/ahdwbhin.html.
- Köbler, Gerhard. Altsächsisches Wörterbuch, entry gêr, available from https://www.koeblergerhard.de/aswbhinw.html.
