Gerold

Where Gerold comes from

Gerold hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 731
    Gerold of Vinzgau born
    730-784
  2. 1912
    First appearance
    #1,885 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1939
    Gerold Späth born
    Swiss poet and writer from Rapperswil on Zürichsee lakeshore
  4. 1939
    Peak, #610
    90 babies named Gerold — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1960
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,167.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Gerold of Vinzgau · 730-784, 731–785
  • Gerold Späth · Swiss poet and writer from Rapperswil on Zürichsee lakeshore, born 1939
  • Gerold von Braunmühl · German diplomat, 1935–1986
  • Gerold Edlibach · Swiss historian, 1454–1530
  • Gerold d'Einsiedeln · 900–978

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.