# Gerlach

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'''Gerlach''' is a male forename of [Germanic](/source/Germanic_languages) origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and [Romance languages](/source/Romance_languages). Like many other [early Germanic names](/source/Germanic_name), it is [dithematic](/source/dithematic), consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this case, those constituents are ''ger'' (meaning 'spear') and ''/la:k /'' (meaning 'motion'). The meaning of the name is thus 'spear thrower'.<br>
It became a [surname](/source/surname), and a source from which other surnames  have been derived, as well.

==Personal name==
* [Saint Gerlach](/source/Saint_Gerlach) (died c. 1170), Dutch saint
* [Gerlach I of Isenburg-Arnfels](/source/Gerlach_I_of_Isenburg-Arnfels), Count of Isenburg-Arnfels from 1286 (1287) until 1303
* [Gerlach I of Isenburg-Wied](/source/Gerlach_I_of_Isenburg-Wied), Count of Isenburg-Wied from 1409 until 1413
* [Gerlach I of Nassau-Wiesbaden](/source/Gerlach_I_of_Nassau-Wiesbaden) (before 1288-1361), Count of Nassau
* [Gerlach II of Isenburg-Arnfels](/source/Gerlach_II_of_Isenburg-Arnfels), Count of Isenburg-Arnfels from 1333 until 1379
* [Gerlach II of Isenburg-Covern](/source/Gerlach_II_of_Isenburg-Covern), Count of Isenburg-Covern from 1158 until 1217
* [Gerlach III of Isenburg-Covern](/source/Gerlach_III_of_Isenburg-Covern), Count of Isenburg-Covern from 1217 until 1235
* [Gerlach IV of Isenburg-Limburg](/source/Gerlach_IV_of_Isenburg-Limburg) (died 1289), Lord of Limburg an der Lahn
* [Gerlach V of Isenburg-Limburg](/source/Gerlach_V_of_Isenburg-Limburg) (died 1355), Count of Isenburg-Limburg; grandson of Gerlach IV
* [Gerlach VI of Isenburg-Limburg](/source/Gerlach_VI_of_Isenburg-Limburg) (died 1365), Count of Isenburg-Limburg and Lord of Limburg an der Lahn; son of Gerlach V
* [Gerlach Flicke](/source/Gerlach_Flicke) (''fl.'' 1545-1558), German portrait painter of the English Tudor court
* [Gerlach Cornelis Joannes van Reenen](/source/Gerlach_Cornelis_Joannes_van_Reenen) (1818–1893), Dutch politician

==Surname==
* [Annette Gerlach](/source/Annette_Gerlach) (born 1964), German TV host
* [Carl Gotthelf Gerlach](/source/Carl_Gotthelf_Gerlach) (1704–1761), German organist and music director
* [Carl Ludvig Gerlach](/source/Carl_Ludvig_Gerlach) (1832–1893), Danish composer and opera singer
* [Carl R. Gerlach](/source/Carl_R._Gerlach), mayor of Overland Park, Kansas
* [Charles L. Gerlach](/source/Charles_L._Gerlach) (1895-1947), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
* [Chris Gerlach](/source/Chris_Gerlach) (born 1964), American politician
* [Christian Gerlach](/source/Christian_Gerlach), professor of modern history at the University of Bern
* [Daniel Gerlach](/source/Daniel_Gerlach) (born 1977), German journalist
* [Dave Gerlach](/source/Dave_Gerlach) (1940–2020), Canadian curler
* [Elsie Gerlach](/source/Elsie_Gerlach), 20th century dental educator
* [Ernst Ludwig von Gerlach](/source/Ernst_Ludwig_von_Gerlach) (1795-1877), Prussian judge and politician
* [Heinrich Gerlach](/source/Heinrich_Gerlach) (1908–1991), Nazi soldier and writer
* [Hellmut von Gerlach](/source/Hellmut_von_Gerlach) (1866-1935), German journalist and politician
* [Jim Gerlach](/source/Jim_Gerlach) (born 1955), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
* [Joseph von Gerlach](/source/Joseph_von_Gerlach) (1820-1896), German anatomist and professor
* [Judith Gerlach](/source/Judith_Gerlach) (born 1985), German politician
* [Kurt Albert Gerlach](/source/Kurt_Albert_Gerlach) (1886-1922), German sociologist
* [Ludwig Friedrich Leopold von Gerlach](/source/Ludwig_Friedrich_Leopold_von_Gerlach) (1790-1861), Prussian general
* [Manfred Gerlach](/source/Manfred_Gerlach) (1928-2011), head of state of East Germany (1989-1990)
* [Otto von Gerlach](/source/Otto_von_Gerlach) (1801-1849), German theologian and pastor
* [Talitha Gerlach](/source/Talitha_Gerlach) (1896–1995), American YMCA worker who spent most of her life as a social worker in Shanghai, China
* [Walther Gerlach](/source/Walther_Gerlach) (1889-1979), German physicist
* [Wim Gerlach](/source/Wim_Gerlach) (1935-2007), Dutch Olympic boxer
* Irene Gerlach, fictional character in Erich Kästner's ''[Lottie and Lisa](/source/Lottie_and_Lisa)''
* Eduardo García Gerlach (1986 -), bartender argentino.

==Place==
* [Gerlach](/source/Gerlach%2C_Nevada), a census-designated place in the U.S. state of [Nevada](/source/Nevada)
* [Gerlachovský štít](/source/Gerlachovsk%C3%BD_%C5%A1t%C3%ADt) also known as Gerlach, the highest mountain peak in [Slovakia](/source/Slovakia)

==See also==
* [Gerlach Barklow Co.](/source/Gerlach_Barklow_Co.), American manufacturer of art calendars
* [Rudolf Gerlach-Rusnak](/source/Rudolf_Gerlach-Rusnak) (1895-1960), Ukrainian-born German tenor
* [Adrien de Gerlache](/source/Adrien_de_Gerlache)
* [Gerlachov (disambiguation)](/source/Gerlachov_(disambiguation))

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