Gerda

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

Proper noun

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

Origin

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).