Gerda (first name)
Gerda , also Gerde, Gerdi, Gerdie or Garda is a female given name .
origin
The name comes from old Icelandic and roughly means the protector . The name actually means enclosure or protective fence . The name first appeared in Germany in the 19th century, incorrectly also as an abbreviation for the figure of Gertrude in Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale " The Snow Queen" . Back then it was considered modern and new, today it is chosen less often.
name day
The name days are March 17th , March 5th , August 13th or November 17th, depending on the respective saint .
Other forms
Gerta and Gerti are Frisian forms of Gerda. Gerte is a short form of both Gerda and Gertrud (first name) .
Well-known namesake
- Gerda Antti (* 1929), Swedish writer
- Gerda Bormann (1909–1946), wife of the NSDAP politician Martin Bormann
- Gerda Christian (1913–1997), one of Adolf Hitler's four secretaries
- Gerda Daumerlang (* 1920), German diver, Olympic participant 1936, German champion 1937
- Gerda Engelbracht (* 1955), German cultural scientist, author and curator
- Gerda Fassel (* 1941), Austrian sculptor
- Gerda Gmelin (1919–2003), German actress
- Gerda Gottlieb (* 1916), Austrian athlete
- Gerda Hasselfeldt (* 1950), German politician
- Gerda Hoffer (1921–2012), Israeli writer
- Gerda-Maria Jürgens (1917–1998), German actress
- Gerda von Kries (1901–1972), German writer
- Gerda Kieninger (1951–2020), German politician
- Gerda Lerner (1920–2013), Austrian-American historian
- Gerda Maurus (1903–1968), German actress
- Gerda Panofsky-Soergel (* 1929), German-American art historian
- Gerda Riedl (* 1961), Catholic theologian and professor of dogmatics
- Gerda Spillmann (* 1920), Swiss cosmetics entrepreneur
- Gerda Steiner (actress) (* 1953), German actress and singer
- Gerda Steiner (* 1967), Swiss artist, see Gerda Steiner & Jörg Lenzlinger
- Gerda Steiner-Paltzer (* 1933), German actress
- Gerda Szepansky (1925-2004), German author
- Gerda Taro (1910–1937), German photographer
- Gerda Uhlemann (* 1945), German athlete
- Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs (1923–2015), Dutch athlete
- Gerda Verburg (* 1957), Dutch politician
- Gerda Weissmann-Klein (* 1924), Holocaust survivor, human rights activist and author
- Gerda Johanna Werner (1914-2004), German painter
- Gerda Zeltner (1915–2012), Swiss publicist
Web links
Wiktionary: Gerda - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
