English Explanatory Dictionary

Gerda

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Gerda

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).

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