Gerda

Gerda is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:

A

 * Gerda Ahlm (1869–1956), Swedish-born American painter and art conservator
 * Gerda Alexander (1908–1994), Danish teacher and therapist
 * Gerda Antti (born 1929), Swedish writer

B

 * Gerda Becker, Dutch table tennis player
 * Gerda Bengtsson (1900–1995), Danish textile artist
 * Gerda Blees (born 1985), Dutch writer
 * Gerda Blumenthal (1923–2004), German-American literary scholar
 * Gerda Boyesen (1922–2005), Norwegian psychotherapist
 * Gerda Bredgaard (1908–1996), Danish swimmer
 * Gerda Bryłka (born 1941), Polish gymnast
 * Gerda Bülow, (1904–1990), Danish violinist

C

 * Gerda Charles, pseudonym of the British novelist Edna Lipson (1915–1996)
 * Gerda Christian (1913–1997), German private secretary of Adolf Hitler
 * Gerda Christophersen (1870–1947), Danish actress
 * Gerda Claeskens (fl. 2000s), Belgian statistician

D

 * Gerda Daumerlang (1920–2006), German diver
 * Gerda Dendooven (born 1962), Belgian illustrator

F

 * Gerda Fiil (1927–1994), Danish resistance fighter
 * Gerda Frömel (1931–1975), Czechoslovak-born Austrian sculptor

G

 * Gerda Gantz (born 1915, date of death unknown), Romanian fencer
 * Gerda Gattel (1908–1993), American comic book author
 * Gerda Geertens (born 1955), Dutch composer
 * Gerda Gilboe (1914–2009), Danish actress and singer
 * Gerda Grepp (1907–1940), Norwegian writer and socialist

H

 * Gerda Hasselfeldt (born 1950), Bavarian politician
 * Gerda Hellberg (1870–1937), Swedish women's rights activist
 * Gerda Henning (1891–1951), Danish textile designer
 * Gerda Herrmann (1931–2021), German composer and poet
 * Gerda Hnatyshyn (born 1935), Canadian viceregal consort
 * Gerda Hofstätter (born 1971), Austrian billiards player
 * Gerda Höglund (1878–1973), Swedish painter
 * Gerda Höjer (1893–1974), Swedish nurse, recipient of the Florence Nightingale Medal and President of the International Council of Nurses
 * Gerda Holmes (1891–1943), Danish actress

J

 * Gerda Johansson (1891–1965), Swedish diver
 * Gerda Johner (born 1944), Swiss figure skater
 * Gerda-Maria Jürgens (1917–1998), German actress

K

 * Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs (1923–2015), Dutch sprinter and hurdler
 * Gerda Karstens (1903–1988), Danish ballet dancer
 * Gerda Kieninger (1951–2020), German politician
 * Gerda Kordemets (born 1960), Estonian theatre and film director, screenwriter, theatre critic, and journalist
 * Gerda Kraan (born 1933), Dutch middle-distance runner
 * Gerda Krüger-Nieland (1910–2000), German lawyer and senate president
 * Gerda Krūmiņa (born 1984), Latvian biathlete
 * Gerda Kupferschmied (born 1942), German athlete

L

 * Gerda Lammers (1915–1993), German soprano
 * Gerda Laski (1893–1928), Austrian/German physicist
 * Gerda Lassooij (born 1952), Dutch swimmer
 * Gerda Lerner (1920–2013), Austrian-born American historian and author
 * Gerda Lundequist (1871–1959), Swedish stage actress

M

 * Gerda Madsen (1902–1986), Danish film actress
 * Gerda Marcus (1880–1952), Swedish journalist and philanthropist
 * Gerda Martín (born 1927), Chilean athlete (javelin)
 * Gerda Maurus (1903–1968), Austrian actress
 * Gerda Mayer (1927–2021), Czechoslovak-born English poet
 * Gerda Müller (1894–1951), German actress
 * Gerda Munsinger (1929–1998), East German prostitute and alleged Soviet spy

N

 * Gerda Nettesheim (1947–2011), German sound artist
 * Gerda Neumann (1915–1947), Danish film actress
 * Gerda Nicolson (1937–1992), Australian actress

O

 * Gerda Olsen (born 1932), Danish swimmer

P

 * Gerda Palm (1871–1949), Swedish painter
 * Gerda Pak (born 1993), Estonian swimmer
 * Gerda Paumgarten (1907–2000), Austrian alpine skier
 * Gerda Planting-Gyllenbåga (1878–1950), Swedish suffragist and social welfare expert

R

 * Gerda Ranz (born 1944), German runner
 * Gerda Rieser-Cegnar (fl. 1960s), Austrian luger
 * Gerda Ring (1891–1999), Norwegian-born stage actress and producer
 * Gerda Roosval-Kallstenius (1864–1939), Swedish painter
 * Gerda Roux (born 1973), South African archer
 * Gerda Rubinstein (1931–2022), Dutch composer

S

 * Gerda Schriever (1928–2014), German contalto
 * Gerda Schmidt-Panknin (1920–2021), German painter
 * Gerda Sierens (born 1961), Belgian racing cyclist
 * Gerda Sprinchorn (1871–1951), Swedish sculptor and ceramist
 * Gerda Staniek (1925–1985), Austrian athlete (javelin)
 * Gerda Steinhoff (1922–1946), Polish Nazi SS concentration camp overseer, hung for war crimes
 * Gerda Stevenson (born 1956), Scottish actress, director and writer
 * Gerda Steyn (born 1990), South African marathon athlete

T

 * Gerda Taro (1910–1937), German war photographer
 * Gerda Maria Terno (1909–1995), German actress
 * Gerda Tirén (1858–1928), Swedish artist

U

 * Gerda Uhlemann (born 1945), German athlete

V

 * Gerda Verburg (born 1957), Dutch diplomat, politician and trade union leader
 * Gerda Voitechovskaja (born 1991), Lithuanian badminton player
 * Gerda de Vries (fl. 2000s), Canadian mathematician

W

 * Gerda Wallander (1860–1926), Swedish painter
 * Gerda Wegener (1886–1940), Danish fine-artist, illustrator and painter
 * Gerda Weissensteiner (born 1969), Italian luger and bobsleigh pilot
 * Gerda Weissmann Klein (1924–2022), Polish-born American writer and human rights activist
 * Gerda Weltz (born 1951), Danish darts player
 * Gerda Wrede (1896–1967), Finnish actor and speech therapist

Z

 * Gerda von Zobeltitz (1891–1963), early German transgender woman and dressmaker

Fictional characters

 * Gerda, a character of Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen and its adaptations
 * Gerda, a character on the children's television show Sesamstraat
 * Gerda Christow, a character in Agatha Christie's novel The Hollow
 * Gerta Gustav, a character on the children's TV series Hilda