Gerðr

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Female Name

Usage

Old Norse

Origin and Meaning

Old Norse name

1) Female form of Garðr ^{[1] [2]}

2) Short form of names containing the name element GERD ^[1]

Related Names

Gerd	♀
Gerð	♀
Gerðr	♀
Gerdur	♀
Gerður	♀
Gärd	♀

See also Gerda and Gerdy

Combinations

For combinations see GERD (name element)

Further Information

Mythology

Gerðr is an Ásynja and a giantess in the Norse mythology, probably with the function of an earth-goddess. Her parents are Gymir and Aurboða. She is the wife of Freyr and they have a son, Fjǫlnir ^{[3] [2]}

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Denmark[4]		0	n.a.	0	n.a
Sweden[5]		0	0	0	0
Finland[6]		0	0	0	0
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Gerðr.

Sources: ^{[5] [4] [7] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
3. ↑ Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
5. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
7. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no