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:

Male

 * Gerd B. Achenbach (born 1947), German philosopher
 * Gerd Achgelis (1908–1991), German aviator and test pilot
 * Gerd Achterberg (born 1940), German football manager
 * Gerd Albrecht (1935–2014), German conductor
 * Gerd Andres (born 1951), German politician
 * Gerd Aretz (1930–2009), German artist
 * Gerd Arntz (1900–1988), German artist
 * Gerd Audehm (born 1968), German former professional cyclist
 * Gerd Bachmann (born 1943), German wrestler
 * Gerd Backhaus (born 1942), German football player
 * Gerd Baltus (1932–2019), German television actor
 * Gerd Becker (chemist) (1940–2017), German chemist
 * Gerd Becker (handballer) (born 1953), German handball player
 * Gerd Binnig (born 1947), German physicist
 * Gerd Böckmann (born 1944), German actor
 * Gerd Boder (1933–1992), German composer
 * Gerd Bohner (born 1959), professor of social psychology
 * Gerd Bohnsack (born 1939), German football player and manager
 * Gerd Bollmann (1947–2017), German politician
 * Gerd Bonk (1951–2014), weightlifter
 * Gerd Brenneis (1930–2003), German operatic tenor
 * Gerd Briese (1897–1957), German actor
 * Gerd vom Bruch (born 1941), German football player and coach
 * Gerd Bucerius (1906–1995), German politician, publisher, and journalist
 * Gerd Buchdahl (1914–2001)
 * Gerd Buschhorn (1934–2010), German physicist
 * Gerd Cintl (1938–2017), West German rower
 * Gerd Dais (born 1963), German football player
 * Gerd Domhardt (1945–1997), German composer
 * Gerd Dörich (born 1968), German racing cyclist
 * Gerd Dose (1942–2010), German literature and culture professor
 * Gerd Dudek (1938–2022), German jazz tenor saxophonist, soprano saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist
 * Gerd Dudenhöffer (born 1949), German cabaret artist
 * Gerd Egger (born 1943), German judoka
 * Gerd Faltings (born 1954), German mathematician
 * Gerd Frähmcke (born 1950), German middle-distance runner
 * Gerd Frick (born 1974), Italian mountain runner
 * Gerd Frickhöffer (1913–1980), German actor
 * Gerd Geerling (born 1965), German surgeon and professor
 * Gerd Gies (born 1943), German politician
 * Gerd Gigerenzer (born 1947), German psychologist
 * Gerd F. Glang, NOAA Corps rear admiral
 * Gerd Grabher (born 1953), Austrian football referee
 * Gerd Gradwohl (born 1960), German paralympic alpine skier
 * Gerd Greune (1949–2012), German politician
 * Gerd Grochowski (1956–2017), German operatic bass-baritone
 * Gerd Gruber (born 1982), Austrian ice hockey defenceman
 * Gerd Hahn (born 1981), German economist and professor
 * Gerd Hatje (1915–2007), German publisher
 * Gerd Haxhiu (born 1972), Albanian football coach
 * Gerd Heßler (born 1948), East German cross-country skier
 * Gerd Heidemann (born 1931), German journalist
 * Gerd Heinrich (1896–1984), German entomologist and ornithologist
 * Gerd Heinz (born 1940), German actor and stage director
 * Gerd Hennig (1935–2017), German football referee
 * Gerd Heßler (born 1948), East German cross-country skier
 * Gerd Heusch (born 1955), German physician, physiologist, and professor
 * Gerd Hirzinger (born 1945), German roboticist
 * Gerd Honsik (1941–2018), Austrian writer and lyric poet
 * Gerd Hornberger (1910–1988), German sprinter
 * Gerd Jendraschek, German linguist
 * Gerd Jüttemann (1933–2023), German psychologist
 * Gerd Kanter (born 1979), Estonian discus thrower
 * Gerd Kehrer (born 1939), German painter
 * Gerd Kische (born 1951), German football player
 * Gerd Kühr (born 1952), Austrian conductor and composer
 * Gerd Leers (born 1951), Dutch politician
 * Gerd E. Mäuser (born 1958), German businessman
 * Gerd Michael Henneberg (1922–2011), German actor and theater director
 * Gerd Mischke (1920–1992), German military commander
 * Gerd Müller (1945–2021), German football player
 * Gerd Müller (politician) (born 1955), German politician
 * Gerd B. Müller (born 1953), Austrian theoretical biologist
 * Gerd Nagel (born 1957), German high jumper
 * Gerd Oswald (1919–1989), American film director
 * Gerd R. Puin (born 1940), German orientalist
 * Gerd Riss (born 1965), German speedway rider
 * Gerd Roggensack (born 1941), German football player and manager
 * Gerd Ruge (1928–2021), German journalist, author and filmmaker
 * Gerd Ruge (soldier) (1913–1997), German military commander
 * Gerd von Rundstedt (1875–1953), German World War II field marshal
 * Gerd Saborowski (born 1943), German football player
 * Gerd Schädlich (1952–2022), German footballer
 * Gerd Schönfelder (born 1970), German para-alpine skier
 * Gerd Schwidrowski (born 1947), German footballer
 * Gerd Siegmund (born 1973), German ski jumper
 * Gerd Springer (1927–1999), Austrian footballer and coach
 * Gerd Tacke (1906–1997), German businessman
 * Gerd Theissen (born 1943), German theologian
 * Gerd Türk, German tenor
 * Gerd Völs (1909–1991), German rower
 * Gerd Wessig (born 1959), East German high jumper
 * Gerd Zimmermann (footballer) (1949–2022), German football player
 * Gerd Zimmermann (speed skater) (born 1942), German speed skater

Female

 * Gerd Andersson (born 1932), Swedish actress
 * Gerd Barkman, shooting competitor for New Zealand
 * Gerd Benneche (1913–2003), Norwegian jurist, journalist, non-fiction writer, and politician
 * Gerd Kjellaug Berge (born 1943), Norwegian hotelier
 * Gerd Brantenberg (born 1941), Norwegian author, teacher, and feminist writer
 * Gerd Dvergsdal (born 1946), Norwegian politician
 * Gerd Enequist (1903–1989) Swedish geographer
 * Gerd Fleischer (born 1942), Norwegian human rights activist
 * Gerd Grieg (1895–1988), Norwegian actress
 * Gerd Grønvold Saue (1930–2022), Norwegian journalist, literary critic, novelist, hymnwriter, and peace activist
 * Gerd Grubb (born 1939), Danish mathematician
 * Gerd Gudding (1951–2015), Norwegian musician
 * Gerd Hagman (1919–2011), Swedish actress
 * Gerd Hegnell (born 1935), Swedish actress
 * Gerd Janne Kristoffersen (born 1952), Norwegian politician
 * Gerd Larsen (1921–2001), Norwegian-British ballerina
 * Gerd Neggo (1891–1974), Estonian dancer and choreographer
 * Gerd Søraa (1934–2018), Norwegian writer and politician