Gerd
given name · German · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Gerd is a given name, most frequently recorded in Germany. It appears chiefly in German and Norwegian Bokmål, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Short form of Gerhard, Germanic ger + hard, 'spear' + 'strong'.
- DEGermany1 in 559◐
- ATAustria1 in 4.8K
- PLPoland1 in 281K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈38K ●
- 2 ●
- Sources
- 230 ●
- 1 in 577 ◐
across 11 countries
recorded for this name
207K records
Official registry-verified
Norway
Spellings & scripts●
Locally spelled Gert in ZA South Africa.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
Short form of Gerhard, Germanic ger + hard, 'spear' + 'strong'.
Sources 1
- Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #117 | 217,036 | 197K rec. | — | 1 | Gerd | 230 |
| SE Sweden | — | 16,228△ | 357 rec. | 1 in 629 | 16K | Gerd | 39 |
| NO Norway | — | 9,475△ | 299 rec. | 1 in 577 | 26K | Gerd | 36 |
| DK Denmark | — | 5,760 | 0 rec. | 1 in 1K | 5.8K | — | 1 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 4,785△ | 252 rec. | 1 in 3.6K | 4.8K | Gerd | 39 |
| AT Austria | #529 | 3,414 | 1.3K rec. | — | 243 | Gerd | 93 |
| BE Belgium | — | 647 | 479 rec. | — | 1 | Gerd | 54 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 544 | 229 rec. | — | 3 | Gerd | 40 |
| US United States | — | 535 | 4K rec. | 1 in 622K | 535 | Gerd | 172 |
| FI Finland | — | 321△ | 15 rec. | 1 in 17K | 492 | Gerd | 13 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 304 | 176 rec. | — | listed | Gerd | 47 |
| AL Albania | — | 162 | — | 1 in 19K | 162 | — | — |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- German229K80%
- Norwegian Bokmål26K9%
- English8.1K3%
- Norwegian3.2K1%
- Danish2.7K1%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| German | 228,780 | 80% |
| Norwegian Bokmål | 25,672 | 9% |
| English | 8,106 | 3% |
| Norwegian | 3,208 | 1% |
| Danish | 2,749 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Gerd is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, a diminutive of the male given name Gerhard
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Frey's wife in Scandinavian
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, mythology
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In German, ) Gert: männl. Vom., durch
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Reduced form of GERHARD.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1945 | 526 |
| 1946 | 576 |
| 1947 | 557 |
| 1948 | 478 |
| 1949 | 453 |
| 1950 | 413 |
| 1951 | 384 |
| 1952 | 375 |
| 1953 | 375 |
| 1954 | 359 |
| 1955 | 315 |
| 1956 | 256 |
| 1957 | 238 |
| 1958 | 212 |
| 1959 | 201 |
| 1960 | 191 |
| 1961 | 154 |
| 1962 | 122 |
| 1963 | 119 |
| 1964 | 101 |
| 1965 | 100 |
| 1966 | 95 |
| 1967 | 72 |
| 1968 | 57 |
| 1969 | 60 |
| 1970 | 37 |
| 1971 | 35 |
| 1972 | 40 |
| 1973 | 29 |
| 1974 | 27 |
| 1975 | 23 |
| 1976 | 20 |
| 1977 | 20 |
| 1978 | 18 |
| 1979 | 19 |
| 1980 | 17 |
| 1981 | 24 |
| 1982 | 13 |
| 1983 | 9 |
| 1984 | 14 |
| 1985 | 13 |
| 1986 | 15 |
| 1987 | 12 |
| 1988 | 8 |
| 1989 | 10 |
| 1990 | 7 |
| 1991 | 10 |
| 1992 | 5 |
| 1993 | 9 |
| 1994 | 6 |
| 2000 | 4 |
| 2003 | 5 |
NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 52 years between 1945–2003. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Gerhard Mercatorb. 1512BEnot in their usual nameFlemish geographer, cosmographer and cartographer (1512–1594)
- Gerhard Domagkb. 1895DEnot in their usual nameGerman bacteriologist (1895-1964)
- Claus von Amsbergb. 1926DEnot in their usual nameConsort of the Netherlands (1980 - 2002)
- Gerhard Richterb. 1932DEnot in their usual nameGerman visual artist (b. 1932)
- Gerhard Ertlb. 1936DEnot in their usual nameGerman physicist
- Gerhard Schröderb. 1944DEnot in their usual nameChancellor of West Germany (1998–2005)
- Gerd Müllerb. 1945DEGerman footballer (1945–2021)
- Gerd Binnigb. 1947DEGerman physicist (born 1947)
- Dan Brownb. 1964USnot in their usual nameAmerican novelist (born 1964)
- Jens Lehmannb. 1969DEnot in their usual nameGerman association football player (born 1969)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 59 sources across 34 countries.
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 359 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Gerd?
- We estimate roughly 38 thousand people bear Gerd (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.
- In which country does Gerd have the most bearers?
- Gerd is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled gerd.
- How common is Gerd compared with other names?
- In Germany, Gerd is the 117th most common given name of 154,506 given names recorded there.
- Is Gerd a male or female name?
- Gerd is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- What does the name Gerd mean?
- Recorded meaning: Short form of Gerhard, Germanic ger + hard, 'spear' + 'strong'.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gerd” — the 117th most common given name in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.