Gerda

Meaning

Proper Noun

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

Origin

  • Latinate variant of Scandinavian Gerd, from Old Norse Gerðr, garðr. The name occurs in nineteenth century Swedish poetry and in Hans Christian Andersen's Snow Queen (1844).

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