Baby name
FADING
🇧🇷 🇮🇱 🇵🇹 Gerson
/ZHEHR · son/
Meaning
“Stranger”
From Hebrew 'Gershon', the firstborn son of Levi in the Bible, possibly meaning stranger there; widely used in Brazil and among Sephardic Jewish communities.
Nicknames
ger
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Feels rooted in mid-century Brazil and Jewish naming traditions; stable but not fashionable.
The cultural moment.
Common in Brazil from the 1960s through 1980s; now declining among younger generations.