Definition of "Gerald"

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, […]

1855, Maturin Murray Ballou, The Turkish Spies Ali Abubeker Kaled, and Zenobia Marrita Mustapha., A.R.Orton, page 150

"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?"

1998 Barbara Vine ( Ruth Rendell ): The Chimney Sweeper's Boy. page 168