Daily writing prompt

What is your middle name? Does it carry any special meaning/significance?

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Gerard. As far as I know, the only significance is that it met the twin criteria of: a.) there being saints of that name (having been raised in a Catholic household, that’s a must); and b.) having sufficient penetration into Ireland to be considered an acceptable name for one of Irish ancestry. (Though I believe the name’s origins are Germanic.)

Though there’s a good chance I have a same-named ancestor of whom I’m oblivious.