Gerda Forename
2,646th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 390,990 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany
Gerda Forename Definition:
A female name. in Norse mythology the name of the wife of the grand-daughterFreyr. Gerda has been used as a christian name in England in the present century after the little girl in Hans Andersen’s story of ‘The Snow Queen’.
Gerda Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 100% | 299,546 | 1:323 | 89 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 20,902 | 1:809 | 180 |
| Austria | 100% | 17,645 | 1:483 | 122 |
| Belgium | 100% | 11,330 | 1:1,014 | 247 |
| Denmark | - | 6,902 | 1:819 | 183 |
| United States | 100% | 5,909 | 1:61,353 | 3,215 |
| South Africa | 100% | 5,819 | 1:9,371 | 1,627 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 3,775 | 1:2,176 | 424 |
| Sweden | 100% | 2,181 | 1:4,520 | 524 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,808 | 1:118,493 | 6,235 |
| Haiti | 100% | 1,602 | 1:6,696 | 843 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,542 | 1:167,292 | 16,901 |
| Norway | 100% | 1,318 | 1:3,894 | 538 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,231 | 1:26,916 | 2,216 |
| England | 100% | 885 | 1:62,828 | 2,751 |
| Russia | 99% | 735 | 1:196,236 | 2,941 |
| Congo | 72% | 687 | 1:7,291 | 988 |
| Hungary | 100% | 496 | 1:19,741 | 402 |
| Lithuania | 98% | 478 | 1:6,175 | 517 |
| Suriname | 100% | 444 | 1:1,245 | 260 |
| Estonia | 100% | 391 | 1:3,364 | 589 |
| Italy | 99% | 381 | 1:160,268 | 2,473 |
| DR Congo | 95% | 301 | 1:245,274 | 10,263 |
| Australia | - | 295 | 1:46,297 | 2,265 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 291 | 1:181,403 | 7,886 |
| Egypt | 100% | 282 | 1:325,890 | 10,093 |
| Czechia | 93% | 276 | 1:38,609 | 761 |
| Chile | 100% | 265 | 1:66,442 | 2,055 |
| Israel | 100% | 210 | 1:40,014 | 2,755 |
| Gabon | 100% | 200 | 1:9,417 | 1,573 |
| France | 100% | 174 | 1:382,013 | 4,663 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 160 | 1:974 | 286 |
| Philippines | 99% | 143 | 1:741,325 | 22,078 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 135 | 1:119,322 | 2,387 |
| Greenland | - | 130 | 1:434 | 91 |
| New Zealand | - | 130 | 1:34,893 | 2,194 |
| Argentina | 100% | 125 | 1:342,186 | 3,128 |
| Spain | 100% | 122 | 1:381,393 | 5,599 |
| Finland | 100% | 112 | 1:48,957 | 1,697 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 111 | 1:93,975 | 4,991 |
| Romania | 100% | 110 | 1:182,291 | 6,527 |
| Latvia | 100% | 107 | 1:18,838 | 884 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 94 | 1:76,987 | 2,250 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 86 | 1:440 | 99 |
| Scotland | 100% | 75 | 1:71,338 | 1,928 |
| Jamaica | - | 64 | 1:45,050 | 2,654 |
| Thailand | 100% | 62 | 1:1,130,094 | 39,264 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 58 | 1:1,598 | 376 |
| Mexico | 100% | 57 | 1:2,177,972 | 12,482 |
| Portugal | - | 55 | 1:189,288 | 4,092 |
| Namibia | - | 47 | 1:51,153 | 3,150 |
| Belarus | 98% | 46 | 1:206,139 | 1,753 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 43 | 1:702,370 | 16,921 |
| Ireland | 100% | 36 | 1:128,987 | 2,887 |
| Peru | 100% | 36 | 1:883,096 | 12,468 |
| Serbia | 100% | 30 | 1:238,191 | 3,800 |
| Aruba | - | 29 | 1:3,579 | 715 |
| Croatia | 100% | 29 | 1:145,416 | 2,989 |
| Greece | 100% | 29 | 1:377,053 | 5,762 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 26 | 1:3,823 | 748 |
| Wales | 100% | 26 | 1:119,012 | 2,694 |
| Albania | 100% | 24 | 1:126,940 | 8,010 |
| Turkey | 100% | 24 | 1:3,241,738 | 18,175 |
| Kazakhstan | 88% | 20 | 1:887,342 | 10,070 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 16 | 1:3,070 | 569 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 16 | 1:331,879 | 1,774 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 16 | 1:6,859 | 1,021 |
| Georgia | 78% | 15 | 1:249,231 | 6,179 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 14 | 1:2,174,996 | 61,888 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 14 | 1:510,857 | 17,236 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 12 | 1:1,800,875 | 40,142 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 11 | 1:635,490 | 8,785 |
| Cuba | - | 11 | 1:1,046,050 | 3,771 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 11 | 1:1,402,165 | 43,227 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 9 | 1:668,704 | 10,329 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 9 | 1:3,423,618 | 14,711 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:3,906 | 755 |
| India | 63% | 8 | 1:151,859,746 | 1,755,835 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 8 | 1:307,345 | 4,581 |
| Uruguay | - | 8 | 1:428,455 | 5,529 |
| China | - | 7 | 1:195,150,826 | 73,144 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 7 | 1:80,578 | 2,576 |
| Benin | 100% | 5 | 1:2,115,169 | 40,564 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 5 | 1:10,972 | 1,354 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Botswana | 100% | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Colombia | - | 4 | 1:11,944,732 | 44,648 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 4 | 1:1,191,987 | 12,292 |
| Ecuador | - | 4 | 1:4,431,730 | 16,276 |
| Ghana | 100% | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Poland | 100% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 4 | 1:340,355 | 15,394 |
| Armenia | 100% | 3 | 1:972,918 | 8,284 |
| Guyana | - | 3 | 1:254,421 | 14,062 |
| Honduras | - | 3 | 1:2,939,156 | 20,066 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 3 | 1:1,991,092 | 30,660 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 3 | 1:2,717,438 | 132,395 |
| Singapore | 100% | 3 | 1:2,095,685 | 22,815 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 2 | 1:921,573 | 3,058 |
| Iceland | 100% | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Moldova | - | 2 | 1:1,780,570 | 7,407 |
| Oman | 100% | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Panama | - | 2 | 1:1,953,278 | 31,007 |
| Taiwan | - | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Monaco | 100% | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 1 | 1:177,564,360 | 489,087 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Uganda | - | 1 | 1:40,956,920 | 131,348 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
The alternate forms: Gérda (2) & Gêrda (1) are calculated separately.
Gerda (1,678) may also be a surname.
Gerda Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. in Norse mythology the name of the wife of the grand-daughterFreyr. Gerda has been used as a christian name in England in the present century after the little girl in Hans Andersen’s story of ‘The Snow Queen’.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A Teutonic name, meaning: Girdled.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Gerda Forename Popularity
Gerda Demographics
Gerda Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 1,430 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Gerda Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gerda in the Russian language | ||
| Герда | gerda | - |
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