Gerrold
David Gerrold is an American science fiction screenwriter and novelist. He wrote the script for the original Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles", created the Sleestak race on the TV series Land of the Lost, and wrote the novelette The Martian Child, which won both Hugo and Nebula Awards, and was adapted into a 2007 film starring John Cusack.
Meaning & Origin of Gerrold
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
David Gerrold is an American science fiction screenwriter and novelist. He wrote the script for the original Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles", created the Sleestak race on the TV series Land of the Lost, and wrote the novelette The Martian Child, which won both Hugo and Nebula Awards, and was adapted into a 2007 film starring John Cusack.
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The Story of Gerrold
The earliest SSA record of Gerrold as a baby boy name dates back to 1940, when 5 babies received it. 1940 was its biggest year on record, with 5 newborns named Gerrold — #3,459 in the national rankings. About 80% of every Gerrold on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Gerrold last appeared in the published SSA data in 1964, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 25 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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About the name Gerrold
Gerrold is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1940 and has accumulated 25 births in the dataset. Gerrold's peak popularity came in 1940 when it ranked #3,459. Use the chart and map above to compare Gerrold's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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