How to pronounce Gearoid?

Germanic

Male

Strength of spear

That is one way of pronounce Gearoid, but please remember that there are a few different dialects even inside a country as small as Ireland. Many different accents and so many different ways of saying the same word, same spelling. When you actually hear some Irish people speak their accent may not be as clinical and phonetically obvious. Remember many people who speak Gaeilge today, grew up speaking English and so they pronounce Irish words but automatically in an English way.

In some parts of Ireland the name Gearoid would be pronounced Gar-owedge. the first part sounds like "car" but with a "G" the second part would sound like the word "owe" with a "dge" sound like in the words "wedge" "hedge" sledge" etc.

It basically is the exact same except with a slight difference at the end. So instead of the last part sounding like "road" it is not as final and has a "dge" sound at the end.

In area's in the East of Ireland the finite "road" ending is common due to a anglo influence over many years where as in the West and South the accent gives gives to this subtle difference. In the North it is varied between the area of Donegal and the present day Northern Ireland again due to linguistic influences over the years.

A similar word would be the Irish for "street" which is "sraide" which has the exact same alternate endings but starts the same. There are many many examples especially with Irish names.

The meaning can be varied but the most popular and most likely one is "strength of spear"

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