Gerd f

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Female Name
This name is used both as a female and a male name. See Gerd m for the male version of this name.

Usage

Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish

Origin and Meaning

Modern form of Gerðr ^{[1] [2]}

Related Names

See Gerðr

Name Days

Norway

23 March

Finland (Swedish Language)

1 August

Sweden

23 March

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1872 ^[2]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[3]		13701	22592	79	133
Norway[4]		6071	16081	19	38
Denmark[5]		600	n.a.	130	n.a
Finland[6]		n.a.	462	n.a	82
#: 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.

 

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[4]:

Sources: ^{[3] [5] [4] [6]}

References

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