Gerrit

Name: Gerrit: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-09-12

given name · Western Frisian · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Gerrit is a given name, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country, where it is the 32nd most common given name. It appears chiefly in Western Frisian and Dutch, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Contracted form of 'get it', representing slurred pronunciation.

rarermore common

NLNetherlands1 in 169◐
ZASouth Africa1 in 4.9K
DEGermany1 in 5.7K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

: ≈105K ●
: 2 ●
Sources: 199 ●
: 1 in 169 ◐

Spellings & scripts●

GerritLatin · Western Frisian●173K records

เกอร์ริทThai · Thai●16 records

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●

Contracted form of 'get it', representing slurred pronunciation.

Sources 1

kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Gerrit is recorded, by country
Country						Most common spelling	Sources
NL Netherlands	#32	102,026△	17K rec.	1 in 169	102K	Gerrit	150
DE Germany	#640	21,114	17K rec.	—	1	Gerrit	175
ZA South Africa	#539	6,887	6.5K rec.	—	—	Gerrit	72
US United States	—	2,265	21K rec.	1 in 147K	2.3K	Gerrit	199
BE Belgium	—	1,385	1.1K rec.	—	—	Gerrit	73
AU Australia	—	1,357	1.2K rec.	—	3	Gerrit	72
CA Canada	—	1,217	998 rec.	—	3	Gerrit	56
GB United Kingdom	—	1,092	883 rec.	—	—	Gerrit	49
FR France	—	789	548 rec.	—	—	Gerrit	102
AT Austria	—	437	113 rec.	—	58	Gerrit	39
BR Brazil	—	329	127 rec.	—	22	Gerrit	25
CH Switzerland	—	171	94 rec.	—	—	Gerrit	20
NO Norway	—	147	61 rec.	—	138	Gerrit	15
AR Argentina	—	133	108 rec.	—	2	Gerrit	11
ID Indonesia	—	133	39 rec.	—	—	Gerrit	30
TH Thailand	—	131	88 rec.	—	—	Gerrit	34
SE Sweden	—	117△	26 rec.	1 in 87K	117	—	11
NZ New Zealand	—	97	122 rec.	—	—	Gerrit	20
ES Spain	—	88	963 rec.	1 in 568K	88	Gerrit	39
CO Colombia	—	87	53 rec.	—	—	Gerrit	11
RU Russia	—	76	131 rec.	—	—	Gerrit	8
TR Türkiye	—	74	124 rec.	—	—	Gerrit	10
IT Italy	—	64	113 rec.	—	—	Gerrit	10
DK Denmark	—	61△	30 rec.	1 in 96K	61	Gerrit	30
PL Poland	—	60	376 rec.	1 in 638K	60	Gerrit	1
GT Guatemala	—	45	48 rec.	—	—	Gerrit	5
PT Portugal	—	43	28 rec.	—	—	Gerrit	17
JP Japan	—	41	32 rec.	—	—	Gerrit	18
FI Finland	—	10	12 rec.	1 in 557K	154	—	9
EE Estonia	—	—	13 rec.	—	33	—	7
IS Iceland	—	—	—	—	2	—	—
CZ Czechia	—	—	—	—	2	—	—
CR Costa Rica	—	—	—	—	3	—	—
GY Guyana	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
EC Ecuador	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
CL Chile	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
FO Faroe Islands	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
LV Latvia	—	—	—	—	1	—	—

Roughly 102K people in Netherlands bear this name (about 1 in 169). Estimates project the name's share of our records onto national population, so each is only as good as the record base beside it — the Basis column gives that base; rows marked △ rest on fewer records than the estimate itself and are order-of-magnitude at best.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

Western Frisian173K36%
Dutch137K29%
English125K26%
German27K6%
Spanish2K1%

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Languages in which the name is recorded
Name	Records	Note
Western Frisian	173,484	36%
Dutch	136,672	29%
English	124,679	26%
German	26,659	6%
Spanish	2,050	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●

Gerrit is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

In Dutch, a male given name, equivalent to English Gerard
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Low German and Frisian form of GERHARD , current predominantly in the North Rhine area. Variants: Low German: Ge(e)rt. Frisian: Garrit; Gerritt (E. Frisian) .
as a word

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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Gerrit in SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present), United States, 1881–2025
Year	records
1881	6
1893	6
1902	5
1906	7
1907	5
1908	6
1909	7
1910	6
1912	9
1913	22
1914	33
1915	45
1916	49
1917	37
1918	37
1919	39
1920	40
1921	38
1922	37
1923	35
1924	35
1925	35
1926	22
1927	38
1928	31
1929	25
1930	20
1931	22
1932	20
1933	18
1934	24
1935	16
1936	16
1937	18
1938	23
1939	24
1940	18
1941	14
1942	18
1943	19
1944	8
1945	11
1946	14
1947	18
1948	16
1949	10
1950	12
1951	13
1952	30
1953	9
1954	24
1955	13
1956	30
1957	18
1958	12
1959	18
1960	11
1961	20
1962	14
1963	17
1964	15
1965	13
1966	13
1967	19
1968	29
1969	17
1970	20
1971	12
1972	16
1973	20
1974	25
1975	29
1976	32
1977	34
1978	35
1979	36
1980	32
1981	28
1982	27
1983	28
1984	24
1985	20
1986	27
1987	26
1988	28
1989	41
1990	31
1991	31
1992	40
1993	35
1994	40
1995	42
1996	42
1997	39
1998	46
1999	37
2000	41
2001	29
2002	35
2003	35
2004	32
2005	31
2006	32
2007	28
2008	29
2009	22
2010	24
2011	24
2012	24
2013	18
2014	29
2015	29
2016	21
2017	9
2018	19
2019	23
2020	14
2021	15
2022	6
2023	12
2024	8
2025	16

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 122 years between 1881–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

Geert Grooteb. 1340NLnot in their usual nameDutch humanist and mystic (1340-1384)
Gerrit van Honthorstb. 1592NLDutch Golden Age painter (1592-1656)
Gerrit Doub. 1613NLDutch painter (1613-1675)
Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheydeb. 1638NLDutch painter (1638-1698)
Gerrit Smith Millerb. 1869USU.S. zoologist and botanist (1869–1956)
Gerrit Rietveldb. 1888NLDutch furniture designer and architect (1888-1964)
Gerrit Grahamb. 1949USAmerican actor
Anton Corbijnb. 1955NLnot in their usual nameDutch film director, video director and photographer (born 1955)
Giedo van der Gardeb. 1985NLnot in their usual nameDutch racing driver
Gerrit Coleb. 1990USAmerican professional baseball player (born 1990)

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 43 sources across 23 countries.

Official registers attesting Gerrit
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
NL Netherlands	Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)	—	102K	#22
NL Netherlands	Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)	—	71K	#21
US United States	Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex	2020	2.3K	#6,897
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	154	#4,027
NO Norway	SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)	—	138	#6,211
SE Sweden	Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)	—	117	#7,644
NL Netherlands	SVB Kindernamen — annual newborn name frequency (Wayback-recovered)	2017	89	#191
ES Spain	INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)	—	88	#17,494
ES Spain	INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)	—	76	#9,124
NL Netherlands	Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)	—	68	#7,008
DK Denmark	Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)	—	61	#2,024
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)	2026	60	#2,952
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024)	2019	58	#1,720
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)	—	57	#2,845
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2020	54	—
EE Estonia	Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)	—	33	#1,162
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	25	#20,688
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024)	2008	23	#1,327
BR Brazil	Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)	—	22	#47,354
US United States	SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)	2025	16	—
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	1996	14	—
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	1992	13	—
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	1995	12	—
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	2000	11	—
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	1991	11	—
FI Finland	DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register)	—	10	—
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	2016	9	—
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	1999	9	—
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	1998	9	—
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	2005	8	—
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	2001	8	—
US United States	Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex	2020	7	#6,897
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	2004	7	—
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	1997	7	—
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	2018	6	—
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	2017	6	—
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	2014	6	—
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	2013	6	—
DK Denmark	Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)	—	4	#67,696
CA Canada	Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender	2024	3	#1,147
AU Australia	Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM)	1960	3	—
CR Costa Rica	TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names	—	3	#20,069
IS Iceland	Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry)	2018	2	#10,929
CZ Czechia	MVČR — living population register 2017	—	2	#40,298
AR Argentina	RENAPER — births 1922–2015 (Kaggle mirror)	1975	2	—
GY Guyana	Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025	2025	1	#593
EC Ecuador	INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)	2022	1	—
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present)	2019	1	#2,369
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present)	2008	1	#1,820
CL Chile	SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)	1996	1	—
AU Australia	SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present)	1968	1	—
FO Faroe Islands	Hagstova Føroya — Given names, living population (PX-Web, 2024)	—	1	—
LV Latvia	PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register)	—	1	—
LV Latvia	PMLP — Personvārdu meklētājs (per-name population-register lookup)	—	1	#104,140
CZ Czechia	KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)	—	1	#5,832
DE Germany	Stadt Leipzig Open Data — Vornamensstatistik Neugeborene	2024	1	#2
DE Germany	Stadt Düsseldorf Open Data — Vornamen Neugeborene	2018	1	—
EE Estonia	Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023	2023	—	—
DE Germany	Stadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen	2014	—	—
NL Netherlands	Babynamen — Lijst met meer dan 22.000 namen (Amelia King, 2020)	—	—	—

Reference works 4

Dictionary of American Family Names
Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
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.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Gerrit?: We estimate roughly 105 thousand people bear Gerrit (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.
In which country does Gerrit have the most bearers?: We estimate about 102 thousand people bear Gerrit in the Netherlands, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled gerrit.
Where is Gerrit most common?: Gerrit is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 169 people carrying it.
How common is Gerrit compared with other names?: In the Netherlands, Gerrit is the 32nd most common given name of 134,847 given names recorded there.
Is Gerrit a male or female name?: Gerrit is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Gerrit mean?: Recorded meaning: Contracted form of 'get it', representing slurred pronunciation.

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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot 2026-09-12. 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.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gerrit” — the 32nd most common given name in Netherlands. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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