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Gerda
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gerda gerða Gerða
English
Etymology
Latinate variant of Scandinavian Gerd, from en non Gerðr, non garðr protection. The name occurs in nineteenth century Swedish poetry and in Hans Christian Andersen's Snow Queen (1844).
Proper noun
en female Germanic languages occasionally used in English, mostly around 1900.
Anagrams
en adegr grade garde radge Agder Dager Edgar Adger Degar EDGAR raged Gared greda
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
cs female
Declension
f
Danish
Etymology
Latinate variant da Gerd, from da non Gerðr.
Proper noun
da proper noun
da female of da non - origin
References
Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data:c. 34 119 females with the given name Gerda have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 May 2011.
Dutch
Etymology
Ultimately from nl non Gerðr.
Pronunciation
nl Nl-Gerda.ogg
Proper noun
f
nl female
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Proper noun
eo proper noun
eo female of eo non - origin
Further reading
Estonian
Proper noun
et female
Faroese
Proper noun
fo proper noun
fo female
Usage notes
f Gerduson Gerdudóttir
Declension
Gerda Gerdu Gerdu Gerdu
German
Etymology
From modern Scandinavian da Gerda, from de non Gerðr. By folk etymology sometimes interpreted as a female form of German de Gerd or as a variant of de Gertrud.
Pronunciation
de De-Gerda.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de proper noun
de female
Usage notes
Popular in Germany from the 1910s to the 1930s.
Norwegian
Etymology
Latinate variant no Gerd, from no non Gerðr.
Proper noun
no proper noun
no female
Swedish
Etymology
Latinate variant of sv Gerd, from sv non Gerðr.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Gerda.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female
Anagrams
sv adegr degar
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor en:Gerda<ety:uder<non:Gerðr>> 2 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
+
tl female English