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’.