# 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 Leufert (1914–1998), German Empire-born Venezuelan painter, photographer
* 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