Gerold comes from the German / Germanic tradition, meaning 'Spear ruler' in English..
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How popular is Gerold?
1939peak year
Today, Gerold has effectively disappeared from U.S. birth records. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1939, 90 babies were given the name (ranked #614 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1940s. In all, around 2,965 babies have been registered as Gerold since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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