50%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Germanic [1] Meaning & History Derived from the Old German elements ger meaning "spear" and bald meaning "bold, brave". This was the name of a 7th-century Frankish saint, a bishop of Bayeux (also called Gerbold). Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Rootsgair/ger + baldVariantGerbold Categories brave, courage, saints, weapons Sources & References Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 575.
