Gerda
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Germanic
Gerda is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “protection”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Gerda mean?
Germanic
“protection”
A female given name from the Germanic languages occasionally used in English, mostly around 1900.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Gerda a girl's or a boy's name?
Gerda is a girls' name.
How popular is Gerda in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Gerda in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gerda in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
Names like Gerda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ada, Etta, Matilda, Ella, Lottie, Martha, Ida, Eva, Lola, Millie, Emma, Florence
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Freddie, Harry, Albie, Louie, Miles, Alice, Myles, Charles, Avery
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Gerda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gerda, updated 20 October 2026.