Gerda

Gerda is a feminine given name, and may refer to:

People

• Gerda Alexander (1908–1994), Danish teacher and therapist
• Gerda Antti (born 1929), Swedish writer
• Gerda Becker, Dutch table tennis player
• Gerda Boyesen (born 1922), Norwegian psychotherapist
• Gerda Christian (1913-1997), German private secretary of Adolf Hitler
• Gerda Geertens (born 1955), Dutch composer
• Gerda Gilboe (1914–2009), Danish actress and singer.
• Gerda Hasselfeldt (born 1950), Bavairain politician
• Gerda Henning (1891–1951), Danish textile designer
• Gerda Hofstatter (born 1971), Austrian billiards player
• Gerda Höjer (1893–1974), Swedish nurse, recipient of the Florence Nightingale Medal and President of the International Council of Nurses
• Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs (1923–2015), Dutch sprinter and hurdler
• Gerda Weissmann Klein (born 1924), Polish-born American writer and human rights activist
• Gerda Kraan (born 1933), Dutch middle distance runner
• Gerda Krūmiņa (born 1984), Latvian biathlete
• 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
• Gerda Madsen (1902–1986), Danish film actress
• Gerda Maurus (1903–1968), Austrian actress
• Gerda Neumann (1915–1947), Danish film actress
• Gerda Paumgarten (1907–2000), Austrian alpine skier
• Gerda Ring (1891–1999), Norwegian-born stage actress and producer
• Gerda Rubinstein (born 1955), Dutch composer
• Gerda Sierens (born 1961), Belgian racing cyclist
• Gerda Steinhoff (1922–1946), Nazi SS concentration camp overseer hung for war crimes
• Gerda Stevenson (born 1956), Scottish actress, director and writer
• Gerda Taro (1910–1937), German war photographer
• Gerda Tirén (1858–1928), Swedish artist
• Gerda Verburg (born 1957), Dutch diplomat, politician and trade union leader
• Gerda Wegener (1886–1940), Danish fine-artist, illustrator and painter
• Gerda Weissensteiner (born 1969), Italian luger and bobsleigh pilot
• Gerda Wrede (1896–1967), Finnish actor and speech therapist

Fictional characters

• Gerda, a character of Hans Christian Andersen's Snow Queen and its adaptations
• Gerda, a character on the children's television show Sesamstraat

Other

• Gerðr or Gerda, giantess wife of the Norse god Freyr
• 122 Gerda, an asteroid named after Gerðr

Acronyms

• GERDA, The GERmanium Detector Array experiment, searching for neutrinoless double beta decay