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Garret

Meaning of the name Garret. Listen and learn how to pronounce Garret so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name.

MEANING: Means “”brave with a spear”” or “”spear carrier.”” The name is associated with Gearoid Fitzgerald, the 3rd Earl of Desmond (1338-98) and leader of the most powerful Norman family in late medieval Ireland. It was believed he had magical powers and is reputed to protect the environment at Lough Gur, where he had a castle in County Limerick. In one story, when a local landowner planned to drain the lake or forbid local people access to it Gearoid made his horse bolt, fatally injuring the landowner. Some even say that he is sleeping at the bottom of Lough Gur, waiting to return to the land of the living.

GENDER: Boy | Male

IRISH NAME: Garret Gearoid

PRONUNCIATION: “gar + roid”

ENGLISH: Garret

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Gearoid

Meaning of the Irish name Gearoid. Listen and learn how to pronounce Gearoid so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name.

MEANING: Means “”brave with a spear”” or “”spear carrier.”” The name is associated with Gearoid Fitzgerald, the 3rd Earl of Desmond (1338-98) and leader of the most powerful Norman family in late medieval Ireland. It was believed he had magical powers and is reputed to protect the environment at Lough Gur, where he had a castle in County Limerick. In one story, when a local landowner planned to drain the lake or forbid local people access to it Gearoid made his horse bolt, fatally injuring the landowner. Some even say that he is sleeping at the bottom of Lough Gur, waiting to return to the land of the living.

GENDER: Boy | Male

IRISH NAME: Gearoid

PRONUNCIATION: “”gar + roid””

ENGLISH: Garret, Gerald, Gerard, Gerrit

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Gerald

Meaning of the name Gerald. Listen and learn how to pronounce Gerald so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name.

MEANING: Means “”brave with a spear”” or “”spear carrier.”” The name is associated with Gearoid Fitzgerald, the 3rd Earl of Desmond (1338-98) and leader of the most powerful Norman family in late medieval Ireland. It was believed he had magical powers and is reputed to protect the environment at Lough Gur, where he had a castle in County Limerick. In one story, when a local landowner planned to drain the lake or forbid local people access to it Gearoid made his horse bolt, fatally injuring the landowner. Some even say that he is sleeping at the bottom of Lough Gur, waiting to return to the land of the living.

GENDER: Boy | Male

IRISH NAME: Gerald Gearoid

PRONUNCIATION: “gar + roid”

ENGLISH: Gerald

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Gerard

Meaning of the name Gerard. Listen and learn how to pronounce Gerard so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name.

MEANING: Means “”brave with a spear”” or “”spear carrier.”” The name is associated with Gearoid Fitzgerald, the 3rd Earl of Desmond (1338-98) and leader of the most powerful Norman family in late medieval Ireland. It was believed he had magical powers and is reputed to protect the environment at Lough Gur, where he had a castle in County Limerick. In one story, when a local landowner planned to drain the lake or forbid local people access to it Gearoid made his horse bolt, fatally injuring the landowner. Some even say that he is sleeping at the bottom of Lough Gur, waiting to return to the land of the living.

GENDER: Boy | Male

IRISH NAME: Gerard Gearoid

PRONUNCIATION: “gar + roid”

ENGLISH: Gerard

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Gerrit

Meaning of the name Gerrit. Listen and learn how to pronounce Gerrit so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name.

MEANING: Means “”brave with a spear”” or “”spear carrier.”” The name is associated with Gearoid Fitzgerald, the 3rd Earl of Desmond (1338-98) and leader of the most powerful Norman family in late medieval Ireland. It was believed he had magical powers and is reputed to protect the environment at Lough Gur, where he had a castle in County Limerick. In one story, when a local landowner planned to drain the lake or forbid local people access to it Gearoid made his horse bolt, fatally injuring the landowner. Some even say that he is sleeping at the bottom of Lough Gur, waiting to return to the land of the living.

GENDER: Boy | Male

IRISH NAME: Gerrit Gearoid

PRONUNCIATION: “gar + roid”

ENGLISH: Gerrit

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Glendon

Meaning of the Irish name Glendon. Listen and learn how to pronounce Glendon so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name.

MEANING: gleann “”valley, glen”” and dun “”a settlement, fortress”” implying “”one from the settlement or fortress in the glen.””

GENDER: Boy | Male

IRISH NAME: Glendon Glendan

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