>>>You never know with nicknames.
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>Well, family names are even weirder.
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>Mine, Fitzgerald, is generally considered to Irish and all four of my grandparents did in fact come from County Kerry in Ireland.. but...
>Gerald evolved from Gerardini.. some Roman fella who really was busy in the British Isles while the Romans occupied them. (maybe the word "romantic" was aimed at Signor Gerardini!)
>We can only wonder where his ancestors came from.
>Fitz is a Germanic form of Fils - the French word for Son used in Ireland during the Norman Occupation.
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>Quite a mishmash!

Actually, your name loosely translates to "Bastard son of Gerald"