Gerberga

Gerberga ("who provides protection with her spear") is a female given name .

Origin and meaning

Gerberga is one of the guiding names of the Liudolfingers .

Name bearers

• Gerberga I. (Gandersheim) , daughter of Liudolf of Saxony, abbess of Gandersheim Monastery 875–897
• Gerberga (France) (913–969), daughter of King Henry I (Eastern France), Queen of France
• Gerberga II. (Gandersheim) , granddaughter of King Heinrich I, abbess of Gandersheim 956–1001
• Gerberga of Burgundy , granddaughter of Queen Gerberga of France, daughter of King Conrad of Burgundy
• Gerberga (Frauenchiemsee) , abbess of the Frauenchiemsee monastery, daughter of Heinrich the quarrel, only attested in a document for the year 1077, existence not certain
• Gerperga , wife of Karlmann I.
• Gerberga von Cappenberg , Abbess of the St. Servatius Monastery in Quedlinburg