Jerald vs Gerald - What's the difference?
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brought to England by Normans. It survived in Ireland, and was revived in the 19th century.
* 1855 Maturin Murray Ballou: The Turkish Spies Ali Abubeker Kaled, and Zenobia Marrita Mustapha. A.R.Orton 1855. page 150:
* 1998 Barbara Vine ( Ruth Rendell ): The Chimney Sweeper's Boy . ISBN 0670879274 page 168:
A city in Missouri.
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Gerald is a related term of jerald.
As proper nouns the difference between jerald and gerald
is that jerald is a given name derived from Germanic, a nonstandard spelling of Gerald while Gerald is a given name derived from Germanic brought to England by Normans. It survived in Ireland, and was revived in the 19th century.gerald
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Helen interrupted her sister, by asking her opinion of the how the name, Gerald Vernon, sounded.
- "Oh, charmingly!" said Charlotte, and, raising herself above her sister, and reclining her splendid head upon her arm, continued she, "Why, do you know such a one?"
- "I do," said Helen, "It's a pretty name, that's all," and she tried to draw her sister's attention off, - - -
- "You're saying my father's favourite names were Gerald and Candless?"
- "Not likely, is it? But Gerald must have been a favourite name with Kathleen and George Candless or they wouldn't have called their son by it?"