# Gerda

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #49,355

## Definitions
1. A female given name from the Germanic languages occasionally used in English, mostly around 1900.

## Etymology
Latinate variant of Scandinavian Gerd, from Old Norse Gerðr, garðr (“protection”). The name occurs in nineteenth century Swedish poetry and in Hans Christian Andersen's Snow Queen (1844).

## Easily confused with
- **germ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gerda-vs-germ)
- **Geri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gerda-vs-geri)
- **gert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gerda-vs-gert)
- **Gere** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gerda-vs-gere)
- **Gerry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gerda-vs-gerry)
- **Gordy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gerda-vs-gordy)
- **gilda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gerda-vs-gilda)
- **German** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gerda-vs-german)
- **Glenda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gerda-vs-glenda)
- **ger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ger-vs-gerda)
- **GED** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ged-vs-gerda)
- **GERD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gerd-vs-gerda)
- **gard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gard-vs-gerda)
- **gemma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gemma-vs-gerda)
- **Genoa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/genoa-vs-gerda)
- **garda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garda-vs-gerda)

## Common misspellings (7)
`egrda`, `gedra`, `gerad`, `gerdda`, `gerrda`, `ggerda`, `greda`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/gerda