Gerd (given name)

Gerd is a common Germanic name and a unisex given name. As a masculine name it is a shortened form of Gerhard and Gerardus. As a feminine name it may be a form of Gerda or Gertrud. See also Gert.

Notable people with this name include:

Men

• Gerd B. Achenbach (born 1947), German philosopher
• Gerd Achgelis (1908–1991), German aviator and test pilot
• Gerd Achterberg (1940–2025), German football manager
• Gerd Albrecht (1935–2014), German conductor
• Gerd Andres (born 1951), German politician
• Gerd Aretz (1930–2009), German artist
• Gerd Arntz (1900–1988), German artist
• Gerd Audehm (born 1968), German former professional cyclist
• Gerd Bachmann (born 1943), German wrestler
• Gerd Backhaus (born 1942), German football player
• Gerhard Barkhorn (1919–1983), German World War II flying ace
• Gerd Baltus (1932–2019), German television actor
• Gerd Becker (chemist) (1940–2017), German chemist
• Gerd Becker (handballer) (born 1953), German handball player
• Gerd Binnig (born 1947), German physicist
• Gerd Böckmann (born 1944), German actor
• Gerd Boder (1933–1992), German composer
• Gerd Bohner (born 1959), professor of social psychology
• Gerd Bohnsack (born 1939), German football player and manager
• Gerd Bollmann (1947–2017), German politician
• Gerd Bonk (1951–2014), weightlifter
• Gerd Brenneis (1930–2003), German operatic tenor
• Gerd Briese (1897–1957), German actor
• Gerd vom Bruch (born 1941), German football player and coach
• Gerd Bucerius (1906–1995), German politician, publisher, and journalist
• Gerd Buchdahl (1914–2001)
• Gerd Buschhorn (1934–2010), German physicist
• Gerd Cintl (1938–2017), West German rower
• Gerd Dais (born 1963), German football player
• Gerd Domhardt (1945–1997), German composer
• Gerd Dörich (born 1968), German racing cyclist
• Gerd Dose (1942–2010), German literature and culture professor
• Gerd Dudek (1938–2022), German jazz tenor saxophonist, soprano saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist
• Gerd Dudenhöffer (born 1949), German cabaret artist
• Gerd Egger (born 1943), German judoka
• Gerd Faltings (born 1954), German mathematician
• Gerd Frähmcke (born 1950), German middle-distance runner
• Gerd Frick (born 1974), Italian mountain runner
• Gerd Frickhöffer (1913–1980), German actor
• Gerd Geerling (born 1965), German surgeon and professor
• Gerd Gies (born 1943), German politician
• Gerd Gigerenzer (born 1947), German psychologist
• Gerd F. Glang, NOAA Corps rear admiral
• Gerd Grabher (born 1953), Austrian football referee
• Gerd Gradwohl (born 1960), German paralympic alpine skier
• Gerd Greune (1949–2012), German politician
• Gerd Grochowski (1956–2017), German operatic bass-baritone
• Gerd Gruber (born 1982), Austrian ice hockey defenceman
• Gerd Hahn (born 1981), German economist and professor
• Gerd Hatje (1915–2007), German publisher
• Gerd Haxhiu (born 1972), Albanian football coach
• Gerd Heßler (born 1948), East German cross-country skier
• Gerd Heidemann (1931–2024), German journalist
• Gerd Heinrich (1896–1984), German entomologist and ornithologist
• Gerd Heinz (born 1940), German actor and stage director
• Gerd Hennig (1935–2017), German football referee
• Gerd Heßler (born 1948), East German cross-country skier
• Gerd Heusch (born 1955), German physician, physiologist, and professor
• Gerd Hirzinger (born 1945), German roboticist
• Gerd Honsik (1941–2018), Austrian writer and lyric poet
• Gerd Hornberger (1910–1988), German sprinter
• Gerd Jendraschek, German linguist
• Gerd Jüttemann (1933–2023), German psychologist
• Gerd Kanter (born 1979), Estonian discus thrower
• Gerd Kehrer (born 1939), German painter
• Gerd Kische (born 1951), German football player
• Gerd Kühr (born 1952), Austrian conductor and composer
• Gerd Leers (born 1951), Dutch politician
• Gerd Leufert (1914–1998), German Empire-born Venezuelan painter, photographer
• Gerd E. Mäuser (born 1958), German businessman
• Gerd Michael Henneberg (1922–2011), German actor and theater director
• Gerd Mischke (1920–1992), German military commander
• Gerd Müller (1945–2021), German football player
• Gerd Müller (politician) (born 1955), German politician
• Gerd B. Müller (born 1953), Austrian theoretical biologist
• Gerd Nagel (born 1957), German high jumper
• Gerd Oswald (1919–1989), American film director
• Gerd R. Puin (born 1940), German orientalist
• Gerd Riss (born 1965), German speedway rider
• Gerd Roggensack (1941–2024), German football player and manager
• Gerd Ruge (1928–2021), German journalist, author and filmmaker
• Gerd Ruge (soldier) (1913–1997), German military commander
• Gerd von Rundstedt (1875–1953), German World War II field marshal
• Gerd Saborowski (born 1943), German football player
• Gerd Schädlich (1952–2022), German footballer
• Gerd Schönfelder (born 1970), German para-alpine skier
• Gerd Schwidrowski (born 1947), German footballer
• Gerd Siegmund (born 1973), German ski jumper
• Gerd Springer (1927–1999), Austrian footballer and coach
• Gerd Tacke (1906–1997), German businessman
• Gerd Theissen (born 1943), German theologian
• Gerd Türk, German tenor
• Gerd Völs (1909–1991), German rower
• Gerd Wessig (born 1959), East German high jumper
• Gerd Zimmermann (footballer) (1949–2022), German football player
• Gerd Zimmermann (speed skater) (born 1942), German speed skater

Women

• Gerd Andersson (born 1932), Swedish actress
• Gerd Barkman, shooting competitor for New Zealand
• Gerd Benneche (1913–2003), Norwegian jurist, journalist, non-fiction writer, and politician
• Gerd Kjellaug Berge (born 1943), Norwegian hotelier
• Gerd Brantenberg (born 1941), Norwegian author, teacher, and feminist writer
• Gerd Dvergsdal (born 1946), Norwegian politician
• Gerd Enequist (1903–1989) Swedish geographer
• Gerd Fleischer (born 1942), Norwegian human rights activist
• Gerd Grieg (1895–1988), Norwegian actress
• Gerd Grønvold Saue (1930–2022), Norwegian journalist, literary critic, novelist, hymnwriter, and peace activist
• Gerd Grubb (born 1939), Danish mathematician
• Gerd Gudding (1951–2015), Norwegian musician
• Gerd Hagman (1919–2011), Swedish actress
• Gerd Hegnell (born 1935), Swedish actress
• Gerd Janne Kristoffersen (born 1952), Norwegian politician
• Gerd Larsen (1921–2001), Norwegian-British ballerina
• Gerd Neggo (1891–1974), Estonian dancer and choreographer
• Gerd Søraa (1934–2018), Norwegian writer and politician

Fictional characters

• Gerd Frentzen, a fictional character in the Japanese anime Blassreiter

Lists of people

• Gerd Becker (disambiguation)
• Gerd Müller (disambiguation)
• Gerd Zimmermann (disambiguation)

See also

• Gerd (disambiguation)