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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • French : from Gérouard; according to Morlet, from the Germanic personal name Geroward, Giroward, composed of the elements gār, gēr ‘spear’, ‘lance’ + ward ‘guardian’. Dauzat, on the other hand, describes it as a derivative of Geroul, a compound of gār, gēr + wolf, wulf ‘wolf’.

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