English

Proper noun

Gerda

1. A female given name occasionally used in English, mostly around 1900.

Anagrams

• Edgar, EDGAR
• grade
• radge
• raged

Czech

Proper noun

Gerda f

1. A female given name.

Danish

Etymology

Latinate variant Gerd, from Old Norse Gerðr.

Proper noun

Gerda

1. A female given name of Old Norse origin.

References

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data:c. 34 119 females with the given name Gerda have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 May 2011.

Faroese

Proper noun

Gerda

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Gerda: Gerduson
• daughter of Gerda: Gerdudóttir

Declension

German

Etymology

From modern Scandinavian Gerda, from Old Norse Gerðr. By folk etymology sometimes interpreted as a female form of German Gerd or as a variant of Gertrud.

Proper noun

Gerda

1. A female given name.

Usage notes

• Popular in Germany from the 1910s to the 1930s.

Norwegian

Etymology

Latinate variant Gerd, from Old Norse Gerðr.

Proper noun

Gerda

1. A female given name.

Swedish

Etymology

Latinate variant Gerd, from Old Norse Gerðr.

Proper noun

Gerda

1. A female given name.