Gernot

Gernot is a male given name from Old High German . Its meaning is made up of the elements ger ("spear") and khnoton ("swing", in the sense of "fight").

Gernot is the name of one of the Burgundian kings ( Gunther , Gernot and Giselher ) in the Nibelungenlied . By transforming the "o" in the name to "e" and "er" in Gernot, the family name Gernet (h), Gernert (h), Gernt (h), Görnert and by dropping the "t" also the name Gerner developed . This is particularly true for the Franconian area in the 14th and 15th centuries. Other derivatives are Gerndt, Girndt, Girnth, Gürntke, Girntke and Gernotke (k-suffix, Slavic).

name day

Gernot's name days are April 10th and May 7th .

Well-known namesake

Single name

Gernot von Fulda , since 1165 as the successor of Markward I Abbot of Fulda
Gernot, called Irrmut (1280-1340), patrician
Gernot the Herald (1306) citizen of Wertheim, patrician in Dertingen and Wertheim
Gernot von Kottwitz (1300–1350), mayor of Wertheim, Franconian nobility from Klingenberg am Main

First name

Gernot Alms (* 1962), German soccer player
Gernot Boche (1938–2011), German chemist and professor of organic chemistry
Gernot Bock-Stieber (1892–1943), Austrian director, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker
Gernot Böhme (* 1937), German philosopher, former professor of philosophy at TU Darmstadt
Gernot Busch (* 1943), German industrial engineer
Gernot Duda (1928–2004), German voice actor and theater and television actor
Gernot Endemann (1942–2020), German actor
Gernot Erler (* 1944), German politician
Gernot Fraydl (* 1939), Austrian football player
Gernot Frenking (* 1946), German chemist and university professor
Gernot Gruber (* 1963), German mathematician and politician of the SPD
Gernot Gutmann (* 1929), German economist
Gernot Huber (* 1929), German designer, painter and sculptor
Gernot Jurtin (1955-2006), Austrian football player
Gernot Kerschbaumer (* 1983), Austrian orienteer
Gernot Kulis (* 1976), Austrian comedian and cabaret artist
Gernot Langes-Swarovski (* 1943), Austrian entrepreneur
Gernot Minke (* 1937), German architect and university professor
Gernot Neugebauer (* 1940), German physicist
Gernot Pachernigg (* 1981), Austrian pop singer
Gernot Plassnegger (* 1978), Austrian soccer player
Gernot Rohr (* 1953), German soccer coach and former soccer player
Gernot Roll (* 1939), German cameraman and director
Gernot Rotter (1941-2010), German orientalist, Islamic scholar, journalist and politician (Greens)
Gernot Rumpf (* 1941), German sculptor
Gernot Rumpold (* 1957), Austrian writer
Gernot Schwab (* 1979), Austrian natural track tobogganer
Gernot Sittner (* 1938), German journalist, editor-in-chief of the Süddeutsche Zeitung from 1993 to 2005
Gernot Stroth (* 1949), German mathematician
Gernot Trauner (* 1992), Austrian football player
Gernot Wersig (1942–2006), German information scientist
Gernot Weser (1938–2015), German motorcycle racing driver
Gernot Wilhelm (* 1945), German ancient orientalist
Gernot Wolfgruber (* 1944), Austrian writer
Gernot Zippe (1917–2008), physicist and inventor of a gas centrifuge

family name

Heinz Gernot (1921–2009), German artist and sculptor
Herbert Gernot (1895–1952), German actor and game director
Viktor Gernot (* 1965 as Gernot Jedlicka), Austrian artist

stage name

Gernot Hassknecht ( Hans-Joachim Heist )