Gerd
Meaning and origin
From Old Norse Gerðr.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Gerd (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 16,841 | 88 |
| 2000 | 16,567 | 89 |
| 2001 | 16,288 | 89 |
| 2002 | 15,992 | 89 |
| 2003 | 15,724 | 85 |
| 2004 | 15,440 | 84 |
| 2005 | 15,151 | 79 |
| 2006 | 14,830 | 78 |
| 2007 | 14,544 | 79 |
| 2008 | 14,276 | 79 |
| 2009 | 14,000 | 78 |
| 2010 | 13,701 | 79 |
| 2011 | 13,403 | 79 |
| 2012 | 13,089 | 78 |
| 2013 | 12,756 | 76 |
| 2014 | 12,423 | 75 |
| 2015 | 12,082 | 74 |
| 2016 | 11,723 | 73 |
| 2017 | 11,325 | 76 |
| 2018 | 10,941 | 72 |
| 2019 | 10,545 | 70 |
| 2020 | 10,123 | 67 |
Gerd in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Gerd.Hi! My name is Gerd.
- Gerd bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Gerd lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Gerd kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Gerd is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Gerds mamma är lärare.Gerd's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Gerds mamma is Gerd's mum.
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Questions about Gerd
How do you pronounce Gerd in Swedish?
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What does the name Gerd mean?
From Old Norse Gerðr.
How popular is Gerd in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Gerd in 2022. In 2020, 10,190 people in Sweden had Gerd as the first name they go by.
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.