Baby name

FADING BOY · OLD GERMANIC-NORSE
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Gerd

/GERT/


“Spear”

Short form of Germanic names with the element 'ger' meaning spear; Gerd is both a German masculine name and a Scandinavian feminine form of Gerda.

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How it ages.

Feels solidly mid-century in Germany and Scandinavia; not currently reviving.

The cultural moment.

Common in Germany and Norway from the 1940s to 1960s; rarely given today.