Baby name
FADING GIRL · NORSE
🇩🇪 🇮🇪 🇳🇱 +4 Gerda
/GER · dah/
Meaning
“Protection”
Scandinavian from Old Norse meaning 'protection.' Nordic feminine classic.
How it ages.
Gerda peaked in Scandinavian and German regions 1950s-1970s; now aged-coded and declining.
The cultural moment.
Germany and Scandinavia declining sharply; marked as Boomer generation name.