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What does Gerda mean?
Gerda 
as a girls' name is of Old Norse origin, and the meaning of Gerda is "shelter". Modern form of Gerd or Gerth, the name of the goddess of fertility associated with the earth. Also form of Gertrude.
Variations
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Gerdi, ..
(male) Gerday, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Gerda Keila (G.K.), ..
How popular is Gerda?
Gerda is a very prominent first name for women (#1552 out of 4276, Top 36%) and a slightly less prominent last name for all people (#99725 out of 150436, Top 66%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Gerda reached its highest position of #1044 in the U.S. during 1890-1899, but is not found in the list currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Gertrude is the only other popular alternative form of Gerda appearing in the Top 2000. These forms of Gerda were favored by parents 128 years ago (MEDIAN #534), but now, the form Gertrude has become less trendy.
Similar Names
Gerda is alike in pronunciation to Gardie. Other recommended sound-alike names are Aeeda, Arda, Beda, Darda, Erda, Gada, Geela, Geena, Geeta, Geila, Geina, Gelya, Gemma▲, Gena▼, Genia, Genna, Genya, Geralda, Gerarda, Geri▼, Gerica, Gerie, Gerika, Gerri, Gerry▼, Gert, Gerta, Gerte, Gerty, Gilda▼, Glenda▼, Golda▼, Guida, Gwenda, Heda, Hedda, Heida, Ieeda, Jenda, Kelda, Kenda, Leda, Leida, Lenda, Leoda, Leyda, Meda▼, Narda, Neda, Nedda, Nelda▼, Nerida, Norda, Reda, Reeda, Reida, Selda, Varda, Veda▲, Veeda, Veida, Velda▼, Verda▼, Warda, Welda, Wenda, Zelda▲ and Zenda. These names tend to be less commonly used than Gerda.
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