Jerald
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| name = Jerald
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| pronunciation= {{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|ɛr|əl|d}} {{respell|JERR|əld}}
| gender =Male
| meaning ="rule of the spear"
| region =Germanic
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| related names = Gerald, Jerold, Jerrold
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Jerald is a masculine given name which is a variant of Gerald,{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Mike |title=Meaning, origin and history of the name Jerald |url=https://www.behindthename.com/name/jerald |access-date=2022-11-16 |website=Behind the Name |language=en}} a German name meaning "rule of the spear".{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Mike |title=Meaning, origin and history of the name Gerald |url=https://www.behindthename.com/name/gerald |access-date=2022-11-16 |website=Behind the Name |language=en}} Gerald was brought to Great Britain by the Normans, along with variants Jerold and Jerrold, and the feminine Geraldine. Short forms include Jerry and Jere. Jerald is uncommon as a surname.
Notable people with the name Jerald include:
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Given name
- Jerald Brown (born 1980), Canadian football player
- Jerald Clark (born 1963), American baseball player
- Jerald Daemyon, American jazz musician
- Jerald Ericksen (1924–2021), American mathematician
- Jerald G. Fishman (1945–2013), American electrical engineer and businessman
- Jerald B. Harkness (1940–2021), American basketball player
- Jerald Hawkins (born 1993), American football player
- Jerald Honeycutt (born 1974), American professional basketball player
- Jerald Ingram (born 1960), American football coach
- J. C. Jackson (born 1995), American football player
- Jerald Johnson (born 1927), minister and emeritus general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene
- David Jerald Lawson (1930–2007), American Methodist Pastor and University Campus Minister
- Jerald T. Milanich, American anthropologist and archaeologist specializing in Native American culture in Florida
- Jerald Moore (born 1974), American football player
- Jerald Napoles (born 1983), Filipino actor and comedian
- Lorenzo Jerald Patterson (born 1969), American rapper, member of the group N.W.A.
- Jerald S. Paul (born 1966), Principal Deputy Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration at the U.S. Department of Energy
- Jerald Posman, Vice President for Administration and Finance at the City College of New York
- Jerald Raymond, American politician
- Jerald D. Slack (born 1936), retired Major General in the United States Air National Guard
- Jerald Sowell (born 1974), American Football fullback
- Jerald Tanner (1938–2006), American writer about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Jerald terHorst (1922–2010), American journalist and politician
Surname
- Penny Johnson Jerald (born 1961), American actress with an extensive career in film and television