Gerd (given name)

Gerd
	Gerd Heidemann
Gender	Unisex
Origin
Word/name	Germanic
Other names
Related names	Gerhard, Gerhardt, Gerhardus, Geert, Gert, Gertje, Gherardo, Girard, Guérard, Gehr

Gerd is a common Germanic name and a unisex given name. As a masculine name (most common in German-speaking countries) it is a shortened form of Gerhard and Gerardus. As a feminine name (most common in Scandinavia) it may be a form of Gerda or Gertrud, or a modern form of Old Norse Gerðr. See also Gert.

Notable people with this name include:

Men

Gerd B. Achenbach (born 1947), German philosopher
Gerd Achgelis (1908–1991), German aviator and test pilot
Gerd Achterberg (1940–2025), German football manager
Gerd Albrecht (1935–2014), German conductor
Gerd Andres (born 1951), German politician
Gerd Aretz (1930–2009), German artist
Gerd Arntz (1900–1988), German artist
Gerd Audehm (born 1968), German former professional cyclist
Gerd Bachmann (born 1943), German wrestler
Gerd Backhaus (born 1942), German football player
Gerhard Barkhorn (1919–1983), German World War II flying ace
Gerd Baltus (1932–2019), German television actor
Gerd Becker (chemist) (1940–2017), German chemist
Gerd Becker (handballer) (born 1953), German handball player
Gerd Binnig (born 1947), German physicist
Gerd Böckmann (born 1944), German actor
Gerd Boder (1933–1992), German composer
Gerd Bohner (born 1959), professor of social psychology
Gerd Bohnsack (born 1939), German football player and manager
Gerd Bollmann (1947–2017), German politician
Gerd Bonk (1951–2014), weightlifter
Gerd Brenneis (1930–2003), German operatic tenor
Gerd Briese (1897–1957), German actor
Gerd vom Bruch (born 1941), German football player and coach
Gerd Bucerius (1906–1995), German politician, publisher, and journalist
Gerd Buchdahl (1914–2001)
Gerd Buschhorn (1934–2010), German physicist
Gerd Cintl (1938–2017), West German rower
Gerd Dais (born 1963), German football player
Gerd Domhardt (1945–1997), German composer
Gerd Dörich (born 1968), German racing cyclist
Gerd Dose (1942–2010), German literature and culture professor
Gerd Dudek (1938–2022), German jazz tenor saxophonist, soprano saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist
Gerd Dudenhöffer (born 1949), German cabaret artist
Gerd Egger (born 1943), German judoka
Gerd Faltings (born 1954), German mathematician
Gerd Frähmcke (born 1950), German middle-distance runner
Gerd Frick (born 1974), Italian mountain runner
Gerd Frickhöffer (1913–1980), German actor
Gerd Geerling (born 1965), German surgeon and professor
Gerd Gies (born 1943), German politician
Gerd Gigerenzer (born 1947), German psychologist
Gerd F. Glang, NOAA Corps rear admiral
Gerd Grabher (born 1953), Austrian football referee
Gerd Gradwohl (born 1960), German paralympic alpine skier
Gerd Greune (1949–2012), German politician
Gerd Grochowski (1956–2017), German operatic bass-baritone
Gerd Gruber (born 1982), Austrian ice hockey defenceman
Gerd Hahn (born 1981), German economist and professor
Gerd Hatje (1915–2007), German publisher
Gerd Haxhiu (born 1972), Albanian football coach
Gerd Heßler (born 1948), East German cross-country skier
Gerd Heidemann (1931–2024), German journalist
Gerd Heinrich (1896–1984), German entomologist and ornithologist
Gerd Heinz (born 1940), German actor and stage director
Gerd Hennig (1935–2017), German football referee
Gerd Heßler (born 1948), East German cross-country skier
Gerd Heusch (born 1955), German physician, physiologist, and professor
Gerd Hirzinger (born 1945), German roboticist
Gerd Honsik (1941–2018), Austrian writer and lyric poet
Gerd Hornberger (1910–1988), German sprinter
Gerd Jendraschek, German linguist
Gerd Jüttemann (1933–2023), German psychologist
Gerd Kanter (born 1979), Estonian discus thrower
Gerd Kehrer (born 1939), German painter
Gerd Kische (born 1951), German football player
Gerd Kühr (born 1952), Austrian conductor and composer
Gerd Leers (born 1951), Dutch politician
Gerd Leufert (1914–1998), German Empire-born Venezuelan painter, photographer
Gerd E. Mäuser (born 1958), German businessman
Gerd Michael Henneberg (1922–2011), German actor and theater director
Gerd Mischke (1920–1992), German military commander
Gerd Müller (1945–2021), German football player
Gerd Müller (politician) (born 1955), German politician
Gerd B. Müller (born 1953), Austrian theoretical biologist
Gerd Nagel (born 1957), German high jumper
Gerd Oswald (1919–1989), American film director
Gerd R. Puin (born 1940), German orientalist
Gerd Riss (born 1965), German speedway rider
Gerd Roggensack (1941–2024), German football player and manager
Gerd Ruge (1928–2021), German journalist, author and filmmaker
Gerd Ruge (soldier) (1913–1997), German military commander
Gerd von Rundstedt (1875–1953), German World War II field marshal
Gerd Saborowski (born 1943), German football player
Gerd Schädlich (1952–2022), German footballer
Gerd Schönfelder (born 1970), German para-alpine skier
Gerd Schwidrowski (born 1947), German footballer
Gerd Siegmund (born 1973), German ski jumper
Gerd Springer (1927–1999), Austrian footballer and coach
Gerd Tacke (1906–1997), German businessman
Gerd Theissen (born 1943), German theologian
Gerd Türk, German tenor
Gerd Völs (1909–1991), German rower
Gerd Wessig (born 1959), East German high jumper
Gerd Zimmermann (footballer) (1949–2022), German football player
Gerd Zimmermann (speed skater) (born 1942), German speed skater

Women

Gerd Andersson (born 1932), Swedish actress
Gerd Barkman, shooting competitor for New Zealand
Gerd Benneche (1913–2003), Norwegian jurist, journalist, non-fiction writer, and politician
Gerd Kjellaug Berge (born 1943), Norwegian hotelier
Gerd Brantenberg (born 1941), Norwegian author, teacher, and feminist writer
Gerd Dvergsdal (born 1946), Norwegian politician
Gerd Enequist (1903–1989) Swedish geographer
Gerd Fleischer (born 1942), Norwegian human rights activist
Gerd Grieg (1895–1988), Norwegian actress
Gerd Grønvold Saue (1930–2022), Norwegian journalist, literary critic, novelist, hymnwriter, and peace activist
Gerd Grubb (born 1939), Danish mathematician
Gerd Gudding (1951–2015), Norwegian musician
Gerd Hagman (1919–2011), Swedish actress
Gerd Hegnell (born 1935), Swedish actress
Gerd Janne Kristoffersen (born 1952), Norwegian politician
Gerd Larsen (1921–2001), Norwegian-British ballerina
Gerd Neggo (1891–1974), Estonian dancer and choreographer
Gerd Søraa (1934–2018), Norwegian writer and politician

Fictional characters

Gerd Frentzen, a character in the Japanese anime Blassreiter
Gerd, the doctor of the New Giant Warrior Pirates in the Japanese anime One Piece

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