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Origin of the name GERDA.
Etymology of the
name GERDA.
Meaning of the baby name GERDA.
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GERDA.
A pet form of Dutch Gerarda
(q.v.), meaning "firm spear." Also see Gerdi.
Gerarda "Gerda" Maria
Kraan, a retired female Dutch middle distance runner. (Wiki)
GERDA.
Scandinavian form of Old Norse Gerðr
(q.v.), meaning "enclosure."
Freyr's
beautiful wife, whose loveliness was reflected by land and sea, was
Gerda, a word coming from gerdhi or gerthi, to gird round,
and thus denoting the enclosed cornfield, the emblem of peace and
blessing.
And, on the other hand, gerd was sometimes
poetically used for the entire girding or harness of a warrior prepared
for battle, and in both these senses, as well as of the dedication to
the goddess, Gerdur was a
favourite feminine in the North; and Gerda has still continued in use in
Norway and Iceland, besides supplying a great many terminations, chiefly
to Germany, in Ermengard, Hildegard, &c. (History of Christian
Names, Yonge, 1884)
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