See also: gerda, gerða, and Gerða

English

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Etymology

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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).

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Gerda

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

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Czech

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Gerda f

  1. a female given name

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Danish

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Etymology

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Latinate variant Gerd, from Old Norse Gerðr.

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Gerda

  1. a female given name of Old Norse origin

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  • [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

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Old Norse Gerðr.

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Gerda f

  1. a female given name

Esperanto

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Gerda

  1. a female given name of Old Norse origin

Estonian

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Proper noun

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

  1. a female given name

Faroese

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Proper noun

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Gerda

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

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Matronymics

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

Declension

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Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Gerda
Accusative Gerdu
Dative Gerdu
Genitive Gerdu

German

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Etymology

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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

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

Norwegian

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Etymology

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Latinate variant Gerd, from Old Norse Gerðr.

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Gerda

  1. a female given name

Swedish

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Etymology

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Latinate variant of Gerd, from Old Norse Gerðr.

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Gerda c (genitive Gerdas)

  1. a female given name

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Gerda, from Old Norse Gerðr.

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Gerda (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜇ᜔ᜇ)

  1. a female given name from English