Gerda
Gerda is a girl name of Norse origin, meaning Protection; enclosure.
What Gerda means
Protection; enclosure.
Gerda sits at 5 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Gerda comes from
Old Norse names are usually compounds drawn from the natural world, from battle, or from the gods, carried across northern Europe by Scandinavian settlement.
Gerda is recorded as Norse in origin. Browse other Norse names.
How popular is Gerda?
Gerda is not in the current top 100 girl names we track. In practice that means a child called Gerda is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Gerda
The thread we file Gerda under is strength — worth following if that association is what caught your attention in the first place.
Themes: Strong
Names like Gerda
These share Gerda's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Sigrid — Beautiful victory.
- Sigrun — Secret victory.
- Solveig — Strength of the sun.
- Bjorn — Bear.
- Erik — Eternal ruler.
- Harold — Army ruler; a leader.
- Sigurd — Guardian of victory.
- Thor — Thunder; god of thunder.
- Thorin — Bold; of thunder.
- Torsten — Thor's stone.
- Gabriela — God is my strength.
- Matilda — Mighty in battle.