Gerda

English edit

Etymology edit

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).

Proper noun edit

Gerda

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

Anagrams edit

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

Czech edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈɡɛrda]

Proper noun edit

Gerda f

a female given name

Declension edit

Declension of Gerda (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	Gerda	Gerdy
genitive	Gerdy	Gerd
dative	Gerdě	Gerdám
accusative	Gerdu	Gerdy
vocative	Gerdo	Gerdy
locative	Gerdě	Gerdách
instrumental	Gerdou	Gerdami

Danish edit

Etymology edit

Latinate variant Gerd, from Old Norse Gerðr.

Proper noun edit

Gerda

a female given name of Old Norse origin

References edit

[1] 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.

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Old Norse Gerðr.

Pronunciation edit

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Proper noun edit

Gerda f

a female given name

Esperanto edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Proper noun edit

Gerda

a female given name of Old Norse origin

Estonian edit

Proper noun edit

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

a female given name

Faroese edit

Proper noun edit

Gerda

a female given name

Usage notes edit

Matronymics

son of Gerda: Gerduson
daughter of Gerda: Gerdudóttir

Declension edit

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Gerda
Accusative	Gerdu
Dative	Gerdu
Genitive	Gerdu

German edit

Etymology edit

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.