Gérald is a French male given name, a variant of the old Géraud and more common Gérard, both equivalent to Gerald in English.
People with the name include:
- Gérald Mossé, French jockey
- Gérald de Palmas, French recording artist and singer
- Gérald Leblanc, Canadian poet
Less frequently the French name also occurs as the English name, without the accent:
- Gerald Messadié, Egypt-born French writer
It is also occasionally a French surname, as in:
- Jim Gérald (1889–1958), French actor