Gerda

Latinate variant of Scandinavian Gerd, from Old Norse Gerðr, garðr (“protection”). The name occurs in nineteenth century Swedish poetry and in Hans Christian Andersen's Snow Queen (1844).

Gerda

1. A female given name from the Germanic languages occasionally used in English, mostly around 1900.

• Adger, Degar, EDGAR, Edgar, garde, grade, radge, raged

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɛrda]

Gerda f

1. a female given name

Latinate variant Gerd, from Old Norse Gerðr.

Gerda

1. a female given name of Old Norse origin

• 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.

Ultimately from Old Norse Gerðr.

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Gerda f

1. a female given name

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡerda]
• Rhymes: -erda
• Hyphenation: Ger‧da

Gerda

1. a female given name of Old Norse origin

Gerda (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. a female given name

Gerda

1. a female given name

Matronymics

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

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.

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Gerda

1. a female given name

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

Latinate variant Gerd, from Old Norse Gerðr.

Gerda

1. a female given name

Latinate variant of Gerd, from Old Norse Gerðr.

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Gerda c (genitive Gerdas)

1. a female given name

• degar

Borrowed from English Gerda, from Old Norse Gerðr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡeɾda/, [ˈɡɛɾ.dɐ]
• Hyphenation: Ger‧da

Gerda (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜇ᜔ᜇ)

1. a female given name from English