Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • German : Spear thrower

Boy name variations

Gerlac
Gerlache
Gerlaich

Family name origins & meanings

  • German and Dutch : from the personal name Gerlach, composed of the elements gēr, gār ‘spear’ + lach, a cognate of Old High German leich ‘sport’, ‘play’.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental adoption of the German name.

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