Gerard Means Brave in French.
Edit January 21, 2017 I knew very little French back then, I'm still learning French though. But I got this fact off of someone else. Sorry for the wrong meaning!

-Some meanings of the name are "Spear strong." Or "Hard or bold spear"
I'm really not sure if these are correct, because like I said, I'm still learning, I'm not fluent in French yet!