# Gerda > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gerda > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gerda.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerda > Source revision: 1348019249 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{about||giantess wife of the Norse god Freyr|Gerðr|the asteroid|122 Gerda|the GERDA experiment|GERmanium Detector Array}} {{Infobox given name | name = Gerda | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = | gender = Female | meaning = [Spear](/source/Spear) | region = | language = | origin = [Scandinavia](/source/Scandinavia) | alternative spelling = | nickname = [Gerd](/source/Gerd_(name)) | variant forms = | related names = [Gerde](/source/Gerde_(disambiguation)), Gerdura, [Gert](/source/Gert), Gerti | name day = | derived = | popularity = | footnotes = }} '''Gerda''' is a feminine given name. It may refer to: *[Gerda Ahlm](/source/Gerda_Ahlm) (1869–1956), Swedish-born American painter and art conservator *[Gerda Alexander](/source/Gerda_Alexander) (1908–1994), Danish teacher and therapist *[Gerda Antti](/source/Gerda_Antti) (1929–2026), Swedish writer *[Gerda Becker](/source/Gerda_Becker), Dutch table tennis player *[Gerda Bengtsson](/source/Gerda_Bengtsson) (1900–1995), Danish textile artist *[Gerda Blees](/source/Gerda_Blees) (born 1985), Dutch writer *[Gerda Blumenthal](/source/Gerda_Blumenthal) (1923–2004), German-American literary scholar *[Gerda Boyesen](/source/Gerda_Boyesen) (1922–2005), Norwegian psychotherapist *[Gerda Bredgaard](/source/Gerda_Bredgaard) (1908–1996), Danish swimmer *[Gerda Bryłka](/source/Gerda_Bry%C5%82ka) (born 1941), Polish gymnast *[Gerda Bülow](/source/Gerda_von_B%C3%BClow), (1904–1990), Danish violinist *[Gerda Charles](/source/Gerda_Charles), pseudonym of the British novelist '''Edna Lipson''' (1915–1996) *[Gerda Christian](/source/Gerda_Christian) (1913–1997), German private secretary of Adolf Hitler *[Gerda Christophersen](/source/Gerda_Christophersen) (1870–1947), Danish actress *[Gerda Claeskens](/source/Gerda_Claeskens) (fl. 2000s), Belgian statistician *[Gerda Daumerlang](/source/Gerda_Daumerlang) (1920–2006), German diver *[Gerda Dendooven](/source/Gerda_Dendooven) (born 1962), Belgian illustrator *[Gerda Fiil](/source/Gerda_Fiil) (1927–1994), Danish resistance fighter *[Gerda Frömel](/source/Gerda_Fr%C3%B6mel) (1931–1975), Czechoslovak-born Austrian sculptor *[Gerda Gantz](/source/Gerda_Gantz) (born 1915, date of death unknown), Romanian fencer *[Gerda Gattel](/source/Gerda_Gattel) (1908–1993), American comic book author *[Gerda Geertens](/source/Gerda_Geertens) (born 1955), Dutch composer *[Gerda Gilboe](/source/Gerda_Gilboe) (1914–2009), Danish actress and singer *[Gerda Grepp](/source/Gerda_Grepp) (1907–1940), Norwegian writer and socialist *[Gerda Hasselfeldt](/source/Gerda_Hasselfeldt) (born 1950), Bavarian politician *[Gerda Hellberg](/source/Gerda_Hellberg) (1870–1937), Swedish women's rights activist *[Gerda Henning](/source/Gerda_Henning) (1891–1951), Danish textile designer *[Gerda Herrmann](/source/Gerda_Herrmann) (1931–2021), German composer and poet *[Gerda Hnatyshyn](/source/Gerda_Hnatyshyn) (born 1935), Canadian viceregal consort *[Gerda Hofstätter](/source/Gerda_Hofst%C3%A4tter) (born 1971), Austrian billiards player *[Gerda Höglund](/source/Gerda_H%C3%B6glund) (1878–1973), Swedish painter *[Gerda Höjer](/source/Gerda_H%C3%B6jer) (1893–1974), Swedish nurse, recipient of the [Florence Nightingale Medal](/source/Florence_Nightingale_Medal) and President of the [International Council of Nurses](/source/International_Council_of_Nurses) *[Gerda Holmes](/source/Gerda_Holmes) (1891–1943), Danish actress *[Gerda Johansson](/source/Gerda_Johansson) (1891–1965), Swedish diver *[Gerda Johner](/source/Gerda_Johner) (born 1944), Swiss figure skater *[Gerda-Maria Jürgens](/source/Gerda-Maria_J%C3%BCrgens) (1917–1998), German actress *[Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs](/source/Gerda_van_der_Kade-Koudijs) (1923–2015), Dutch sprinter and hurdler *[Gerda Karstens](/source/Gerda_Karstens) (1903–1988), Danish ballet dancer *[Gerda Kieninger](/source/Gerda_Kieninger) (1951–2020), German politician *[Gerda Kordemets](/source/Gerda_Kordemets) (born 1960), Estonian theatre and film director, screenwriter, theatre critic, and journalist *[Gerda Kraan](/source/Gerda_Kraan) (born 1933), Dutch middle-distance runner *[Gerda Krüger-Nieland](/source/Gerda_Kr%C3%BCger-Nieland) (1910–2000), German lawyer and senate president *[Gerda Krūmiņa](/source/Gerda_Kr%C5%ABmi%C5%86a) (born 1984), Latvian biathlete *[Gerda Kupferschmied](/source/Gerda_Kupferschmied) (born 1942), German athlete *[Gerda Lammers](/source/Gerda_Lammers) (1915–1993), German soprano *[Gerda Laski](/source/Gerda_Laski) (1893–1928), Austrian/German physicist *[Gerda Lassooij](/source/Gerda_Lassooij) (born 1952), Dutch swimmer *[Gerda Lerner](/source/Gerda_Lerner) (1920–2013), Austrian-born American historian and author *[Gerda Lundequist](/source/Gerda_Lundequist) (1871–1959), Swedish stage actress *[Gerda Madsen](/source/Gerda_Madsen) (1902–1986), Danish film actress *[Gerda Marcus](/source/Gerda_Marcus) (1880–1952), Swedish journalist and philanthropist *[Gerda Martín](/source/Gerda_Mart%C3%ADn) (born 1927), Chilean athlete (javelin) *[Gerda Maurus](/source/Gerda_Maurus) (1903–1968), Austrian actress *[Gerda Mayer](/source/Gerda_Mayer) (1927–2021), Czechoslovak-born English poet *[Gerda Müller](/source/Gerda_M%C3%BCller) (1894–1951), German actress *[Gerda Munsinger](/source/Gerda_Munsinger) (1929–1998), East German prostitute and alleged Soviet spy *[Gerda Nettesheim](/source/Gerda_Nettesheim) (1947–2011), German sound artist *[Gerda Neumann](/source/Gerda_Neumann) (1915–1947), Danish film actress *[Gerda Nicolson](/source/Gerda_Nicolson) (1937–1992), Australian actress *[Gerda Olsen](/source/Gerda_Olsen) (born 1932), Danish swimmer *[Gerda Palm](/source/Gerda_Palm) (1871–1949), Swedish painter *[Gerda Pak](/source/Gerda_Pak) (born 1993), Estonian swimmer *[Gerda Paumgarten](/source/Gerda_Paumgarten) (1907–2000), Austrian alpine skier *[Gerda Planting-Gyllenbåga](/source/Gerda_Planting-Gyllenb%C3%A5ga) (1878–1950), Swedish suffragist and social welfare expert *[Gerda Philipsborn](/source/Gerda_Philipsborn) (1895–1943), German educator and social reformer *[Gerda Ranz](/source/Gerda_Ranz) (born 1944), German runner *[Gerda Rieser-Cegnar](/source/Gerda_Rieser-Cegnar) (fl. 1960s), Austrian luger *[Gerda Ring](/source/Gerda_Ring) (1891–1999), Norwegian-born stage actress and producer *[Gerda Roosval-Kallstenius](/source/Gerda_Roosval-Kallstenius) (1864–1939), Swedish painter *[Gerda Roux](/source/Gerda_Roux) (born 1973), South African archer *[Gerda Rubinstein](/source/Gerda_Rubinstein) (1931–2022), Dutch composer *[Gerda Schriever](/source/Gerda_Schriever) (1928–2014), German contalto *[Gerda Schmidt-Panknin](/source/Gerda_Schmidt-Panknin) (1920–2021), German painter *[Gerda Sierens](/source/Gerda_Sierens) (born 1961), Belgian racing cyclist *[Gerda Sprinchorn](/source/Gerda_Sprinchorn) (1871–1951), Swedish sculptor and ceramist *[Gerda Staniek](/source/Gerda_Staniek) (1925–1985), Austrian athlete (javelin) *[Gerda Steinhoff](/source/Gerda_Steinhoff) (1922–1946), Polish Nazi SS concentration camp overseer, hung for war crimes *[Gerda Stevenson](/source/Gerda_Stevenson) (born 1956), Scottish actress, director and writer *[Gerda Steyn](/source/Gerda_Steyn) (born 1990), South African marathon athlete *[Gerda Sutton](/source/Gerda_Sutton) (1923–2005), British-French painter *[Gerda Taro](/source/Gerda_Taro) (1910–1937), German war photographer *[Gerda Maria Terno](/source/Gerda_Maria_Terno) (1909–1995), German actress *[Gerda Tirén](/source/Gerda_Tir%C3%A9n) (1858–1928), Swedish artist *[Gerda Uhlemann](/source/Gerda_Uhlemann) (born 1945), German athlete *[Gerda Verburg](/source/Gerda_Verburg) (born 1957), Dutch diplomat, politician and trade union leader *[Gerda Voitechovskaja](/source/Gerda_Voitechovskaja) (born 1991), Lithuanian badminton player *[Gerda de Vries](/source/Gerda_de_Vries) (fl. 2000s), Canadian mathematician *[Gerda Wallander](/source/Gerda_Wallander) (1860–1926), Swedish painter *[Gerda Wegener](/source/Gerda_Wegener) (1886–1940), Danish fine-artist, illustrator and painter *[Gerda Weissensteiner](/source/Gerda_Weissensteiner) (born 1969), Italian luger and bobsleigh pilot *[Gerda Weissmann Klein](/source/Gerda_Weissmann_Klein) (1924–2022), Polish-born American writer and human rights activist *[Gerda Weltz](/source/Gerda_Weltz) (born 1951), Danish darts player *[Gerda Wrede](/source/Gerda_Wrede) (1896–1967), Finnish actor and speech therapist * [Gerda von Zobeltitz](/source/Gerda_von_Zobeltitz) (1891–1963), early German transgender woman and dressmaker == Fictional characters == * Gerda, a character of Hans Christian Andersen's ''[The Snow Queen](/source/The_Snow_Queen)'' and its adaptations * Gerda, a character on the children's television show ''[Sesamstraat](/source/Sesamstraat)'' *Gerda Christow, a character in Agatha Christie's novel ''[The Hollow](/source/The_Hollow)'' *Gerda Gustav, a character on the children's TV series ''[Hilda](/source/Hilda_(TV_series))'' == Entertainment == * [''Gerda'' (film)](/source/Gerda_(film)), a 2021 Russian film * ''[Gerda: A Flame in Winter](/source/Gerda%3A_A_Flame_in_Winter)'', a 2022 video game {{given name}} Category:Danish feminine given names Category:Dutch feminine given names Category:Estonian feminine given names Category:Feminine given names Category:German feminine given names Category:Latvian feminine given names Category:Norwegian feminine given names Category:Swedish feminine given names --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Gerda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerda) by Wikipedia 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