Gerson

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Gerson is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name209K records spelled Gerson47 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, Venezuela, El Salvador, United States

  Also written Gersón, Gérson, Gersòn, Gërsön, Gersön

• English given name156K records spelled Gerson21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Venezuela, Ecuador

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Gérson, Gerşon, Gérsón, G̶e̶r̶s̶o̶n̶, Gêrsôn

• Indonesian given name3.3K records spelled Gerson3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, Peru, United States

  Also written Gerşon, Gersón

• a separate given name3.0K records spelled Gerson7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, India, United Kingdom

  Also written Geršon, Gérson, Gersón, Gēršôn, Gēršon

• Lao given name1.2K records spelled Gerson7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Thailand, Peru, Philippines

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Gersón, Gërsön, Gëršöń, Ğĕŕśőń, Gérson

• Swedish given name673 records spelled Gerson7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, United States, Norway, Denmark

  Languages: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian

  Also written Geršōn, Gérson

61 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Gerson 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, Hebrew 'a stranger there'; compare Kirsche

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• German form or Jewish variant of Gershon.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In German, from the biblical Rufname Gerson

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• In German, männl. Vom., Nebenform von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Peregrino

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 102 years between 1909–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Gerson von Bleichröderb. 1822DEGerman banker (1822–1893)
• Gus Kahnb. 1886USnot in their usual nameGerman-American lyricist (1886-1941)
• Gerson Goldhaberb. 1924USParticle Physicist and astrophysicist (1924-2010)
• Gerson Mayenb. 1989USassociation football player
• Gerson Martínezb. 1989CLChilean footballer
• Gerson Vieirab. 1992BRBrazilian association football player
• Gerson Guimarães Juniorb. 1992BRBrazilian association football player
• Gerson Rodriguesb. 1995PTLuxembourgian association football player
• Gersonb. 1997BRBrazilian footballer Of Vasco Da Gama
• Gerson Torresb. 1997CRCosta Rican footballer

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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 530 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Gerson?

We estimate roughly 91 thousand people bear Gerson (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Gerson have the most bearers?

We estimate about 78 thousand people bear Gerson in Brazil, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled gerson.

Where is Gerson most common?

Gerson is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.7 thousand people carrying it.

How common is Gerson compared with other names?

In Brazil, Gerson is the 325th most common given name of 536,280 given names recorded there.

Is Gerson a male or female name?

Gerson 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 Gerson mean?

Recorded meaning: By the 18th and 19th centuries it is a name of Hebraic origin, Baden 1809.