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Gerde (female)

Variants:Gärd (F) Gerd (F) Gerda (F)
Pet Name(s):Gerdi (F)
Masculine form:Gerhard (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

German, probably from Old Norse "stronghold". In Germany and the Netherlands it is also a feminine form of Gerard/Gerhard.

Gerde is also a German pet name for Gertrud/Gertraud/Gertraut.
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