# Gerardus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gerardus/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## People named Gerardus

- Gerardus Mercator, Flemish geographer, cosmographer and cartographer (1512–1594)
- Gerardus Vossius, Dutch Protestant theologian, linguist, historian and humanist (1577-1649)
- Gerardus van der Leeuw, Dutch religious studies scholar and politician (1890–1950)
- Gerardus Johannes Mulder, Dutch biochemist (1802-1880)
- Gerardus Craeyvanger, Dutch violin player and baritone
- Gerard 't Hooft, Dutch theoretical physicist
- Frans Timmermans, Dutch politician (born 1961)
- Theo Jansen, Dutch artist (born 1948)
- André Hazes, Dutch singer (1951–2004)
- Gerard Cox, Dutch actor and singer (1940–2025)
- Hans Boskamp, Dutch footballer (1932–2011)
- Gerard Soeteman, Dutch screenwriter

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.