Gerd (given name)
Gerd is a common Germanic name and a unisex given name. As a masculine name it is a shortened form of Gerhard and Gerardus. As a feminine name it may be a form of Gerda or Gertrud. See also Gert.
Notable people with this name include:
Men
- Gerd B. Achenbach, German philosopher
- Gerd Achgelis, German aviator and test pilot
- Gerd Achterberg, German football manager
- Gerd Albrecht, German conductor
- Gerd Andres, German politician
- Gerd Aretz, German artist
- Gerd Arntz, German artist
- Gerd Audehm, German former professional cyclist
- Gerd Bachmann, German wrestler
- Gerd Backhaus, German football player
- Gerhard Barkhorn, German World War II flying ace
- Gerd Baltus, German television actor
- Gerd Becker (chemist), German chemist
- Gerd Becker (handballer), German handball player
- Gerd Binnig, German physicist
- Gerd Böckmann, German actor
- Gerd Boder, German composer
- Gerd Bohner, professor of social psychology
- Gerd Bohnsack, German football player and manager
- Gerd Bollmann, German politician
- Gerd Bonk, weightlifter
- Gerd Brenneis, German operatic tenor
- Gerd Briese, German actor
- Gerd vom Bruch, German football player and coach
- Gerd Bucerius, German politician, publisher, and journalist
- Gerd Buchdahl
- Gerd Buschhorn, German physicist
- Gerd Cintl, West German rower
- Gerd Dais, German football player
- Gerd Domhardt, German composer
- Gerd Dörich, German racing cyclist
- Gerd Dose, German literature and culture professor
- Gerd Dudek, German jazz tenor saxophonist, soprano saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist
- Gerd Dudenhöffer, German cabaret artist
- Gerd Egger, German judoka
- Gerd Faltings, German mathematician
- Gerd Frähmcke, German middle-distance runner
- Gerd Frick, Italian mountain runner
- Gerd Frickhöffer, German actor
- Gerd Geerling, German surgeon and professor
- Gerd Gies, German politician
- Gerd Gigerenzer, German psychologist
- Gerd F. Glang, NOAA Corps rear admiral
- Gerd Grabher, Austrian football referee
- Gerd Gradwohl, German paralympic alpine skier
- Gerd Greune, German politician
- Gerd Grochowski, German operatic bass-baritone
- Gerd Gruber, Austrian ice hockey defenceman
- Gerd Hahn, German economist and professor
- Gerd Hatje, German publisher
- Gerd Haxhiu, Albanian football coach
- Gerd Heßler, East German cross-country skier
- Gerd Heidemann, German journalist
- Gerd Heinrich, German entomologist and ornithologist
- Gerd Heinz, German actor and stage director
- Gerd Hennig, German football referee
- Gerd Heßler, East German cross-country skier
- Gerd Heusch, German physician, physiologist, and professor
- Gerd Hirzinger, German roboticist
- Gerd Honsik, Austrian writer and lyric poet
- Gerd Hornberger, German sprinter
- Gerd Jendraschek, German linguist
- Gerd Jüttemann, German psychologist
- Gerd Kanter, Estonian discus thrower
- Gerd Kehrer, German painter
- Gerd Kische, German football player
- Gerd Kühr, Austrian conductor and composer
- Gerd Leers, Dutch politician
- Gerd Leufert, German Empire-born Venezuelan painter, photographer
- Gerd E. Mäuser, German businessman
- Gerd Michael Henneberg, German actor and theater director
- Gerd Mischke, German military commander
- Gerd Müller, German football player
- Gerd Müller (politician), German politician
- Gerd B. Müller, Austrian theoretical biologist
- Gerd Nagel, German high jumper
- Gerd Oswald, American film director
- Gerd R. Puin, German orientalist
- Gerd Riss, German speedway rider
- Gerd Roggensack, German football player and manager
- Gerd Ruge, German journalist, author and filmmaker
- Gerd Ruge (soldier), German military commander
- Gerd von Rundstedt, German World War II field marshal
- Gerd Saborowski, German football player
- Gerd Schädlich, German footballer
- Gerd Schönfelder, German para-alpine skier
- Gerd Schwidrowski, German footballer
- Gerd Siegmund, German ski jumper
- Gerd Springer, Austrian footballer and coach
- Gerd Tacke, German businessman
- Gerd Theissen, German theologian
- Gerd Türk, German tenor
- Gerd Völs, German rower
- Gerd Wessig, East German high jumper
- Gerd Zimmermann (footballer), German football player
- Gerd Zimmermann (speed skater), German speed skater
Women
- Gerd Andersson, Swedish actress
- Gerd Barkman, shooting competitor for New Zealand
- Gerd Benneche, Norwegian jurist, journalist, non-fiction writer, and politician
- Gerd Kjellaug Berge, Norwegian hotelier
- Gerd Brantenberg, Norwegian author, teacher, and feminist writer
- Gerd Dvergsdal, Norwegian politician
- Gerd Enequist Swedish geographer
- Gerd Fleischer, Norwegian human rights activist
- Gerd Grieg, Norwegian actress
- Gerd Grønvold Saue, Norwegian journalist, literary critic, novelist, hymnwriter, and peace activist
- Gerd Grubb, Danish mathematician
- Gerd Gudding, Norwegian musician
- Gerd Hagman, Swedish actress
- Gerd Hegnell, Swedish actress
- Gerd Janne Kristoffersen, Norwegian politician
- Gerd Larsen, Norwegian-British ballerina
- Gerd Neggo, Estonian dancer and choreographer
- Gerd Søraa, Norwegian writer and politician
Fictional characters
- Gerd Frentzen, a fictional character in the Japanese anime ''Blassreiter''