Entry № 3612 · Old Norse origin

Gerd Gerd — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ GAYRD /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Old Norse
Meaning
"Norse giantess (wife of Freyr)"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Ancient (Norse)

A name that means "norse giantess (wife of freyr)".

Gerd is from the Old Norse Gerðr — from garðr (enclosure, garden). Gerd Karin Solberg — modern Norwegian figure. Princess Gerd — modern Norse heritage naming.

Norse giantess (wife of Freyr) — a Old Norse name.

The name in its native script.

Gerðr
Transliteration
Gerðr
Pronunciation
/ ɡeɪrd /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Gerd stands.

Gerd does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Gerds before her.

Real people
Gerd Brantenberg
Norwegian feminist novelist.
born 1941
In fiction
Gerd (Gerðr)
Norse giantess + wife of Freyr.

Names connected to Gerd.

The number behind Gerd.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Gerd reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.