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Gerda

Girl

Origin of the name

Gerda comes from the Old Norse Gerðr, related to the idea of an enclosure, a protected place. In Norse myth, Gerd is a giantess loved by the god Freyr.

Classic name

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In 1915, Gerda reached its peak: 49 girls, 1 baby in 37,395. Few fads, plenty of staying power: it appears in 79 years out of 146. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published.
1,099births since 1880
1910sgeneration
No. 944rank at its peak, in 1915

Where babies named Gerda are born

1915

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