Gerda

See also: gerda, gerða, and Gerða

English

Etymology

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).

Proper noun

Gerda

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

Anagrams

• grade, garde, radge, Agder, Dager, Edgar, Adger, Degar, EDGAR, raged, Gared, greda

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɛrda]

Proper noun

Gerda f

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Gerda (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	Gerda	Gerdy
genitive	Gerdy	Gerd
dative	Gerdě	Gerdám
accusative	Gerdu	Gerdy
vocative	Gerdo	Gerdy
locative	Gerdě	Gerdách
instrumental	Gerdou	Gerdami

Danish

Etymology

Latinate variant Gerd, from Old Norse Gerðr.

Proper noun

Gerda

1. a female given name of Old Norse origin

References

• [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

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Norse Gerðr.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Gerda f

1. a female given name

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡerda]
• Rhymes: -erda
• Hyphenation: Ger‧da

Proper noun

Gerda

1. a female given name of Old Norse origin

Estonian

Proper noun

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

1. a female given name

Faroese

Proper noun

Gerda

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

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

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Gerda
Accusative	Gerdu
Dative	Gerdu
Genitive	Gerdu

German

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Gerda

1. a female given name

Usage notes

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

Norwegian

Etymology

Latinate variant Gerd, from Old Norse Gerðr.

Proper noun

Gerda

1. a female given name

Swedish

Etymology

Latinate variant of Gerd, from Old Norse Gerðr.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Gerda c (genitive Gerdas)

1. a female given name

Anagrams

• degar

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Gerda, from Old Norse Gerðr.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɡeɾda/ [ˈɡɛɾ.dɐ]
• Rhymes: -eɾda
• Syllabification: Ger‧da

Proper noun

Gerda (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜇ᜔ᜇ)

1. a female given name from English