# 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
* Gerda Philipsborn (1895–1943), German educator and social reformer

## 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
* Gerda Sutton (1923–2005), British-French painter

## 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
* Gerda Gustav, a character on the children's TV series Hilda