Gerdes
Gerdes (also: Geerdes ) is a family name of East Frisian origin.
origin
Gerdes is a patronymic name of "Gerd", a short form of " Gerhard ". With over 12,000 namesake, he is one of the most common family names in Germany. Like the other patronymic formations, the patronymy only solidified in the 19th century after tough resistance from the East Frisians to the introduction of family names.
Name bearer
- Alfred Gerdes (also Fredy Gerdes ; 1916–1962), German field hockey player
- Bernd Gerdes (* 1989), German soccer player
- Beth Gerdes (* 1980), American triathlete, see Beth McKenzie
- Christoph Gerdes (1590–1661), German politician, mayor of Lübeck
- Daniel Gerdes (1698–1765), German Reformed theologian
- Dieter Gerdes (politician) (* 1942), German politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag
- Dieter Gerdes (cook) , German cook
- Eckhard Gerdes , American author
- Emily Gerdes , American actress
- Federico Gerdes (1873–1953), Peruvian composer, conductor and pianist
- Friedrich Gerdes (athlete) (1910–1960), German javelin thrower
- Friedrich Gerdes (legal scholar) (1634–1695), German legal scholar
- Georg Gustav Gerdes (1709–1758), German lawyer and historian
- Gerd Ekken-Gerdes (* 1956), German musician and television actor
- Gerd Gerdes (1922–2014), German agricultural scientist and local researcher
- Hayo Gerdes (1928–1981), German theologian and university professor
- Heinrich Gerdes (1856–1932), German gas technician
- Heinrich Walther Gerdes (1690–1742), German theologian and librarian
- Henning Gerdes (1591–1663), German lawyer and mayor of Greifswald
- Henning Christoph Gerdes (1665–1723), German lawyer and university professor
- Herbert Gerdes (* 1884), German film director
- Hermann Gerdes (1867–1957), district administrator in Waldbröl
- Hinrich Gerdes (1847–1921), German liberal politician
- Indra Gerdes (* 1975), German presenter
- Joachim Rudolph Gerdes († 1857), German administrative officer
- Johann Gerdes (medic) (around 1656-1700), German medic
- Johann Gerdes (politician) (1896–1933), German politician (KPD)
- Johannes Gerdes (pastor) (also Johann Gerdes ; 1624–1673), German theologian
- Johannes Gerdes (biologist) , German biologist and oncologist
- Joseph Gerdes (1884–1959), German district administrator in the Warendorf district
- Jürgen Gerdes (* 1964), German manager
- Ludger Gerdes (1954–2008), German visual artist
- Ludwig Gerdes (1928–2017), German soccer player
- Michael Gerdes (* 1960), German politician (SPD)
- Michael H. Gerdes (* 1957), German painter, graphic artist and art teacher
- Nicole Gerdes (* 1976), German gymnast
- Otto Gerdes (1920–1989), German musician
- Paulus Gerdes (1952–2014), Dutch mathematician
- Peter Gerdes (* 1955), German writer
- Philipp Balthasar Gerdes (1680–1736), German lawyer
- Roswitha Gerdes (* 1961), German athlete
- Ubbo Gerdes (* 1943), German author
- Werner Gerdes (* 1910), German teacher and music author
Web links
- Name distribution in Germany , the name must be entered
- Name distribution in the USA
- Family tree research on surname