Gert
| Gert | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Masculine |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Nordic languages |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Gerhard, Gerard |
Gert (typically /ˈʒɜːrt/) is a mainly masculine given name with some female bearers. English-speaking people should note that the "d-sound" as in "jungle" should not be present, only the j should be heard which take some practice. To make a distinction from the German and Dutch name, Gert is almost never pronounced with a "g" as in those languages and never spelled Geert as in Dutch. The Dutch name has no relation to Gert. Furthermore, Geert in Dutch is pronounced with a guttural phoneme, non-existent in Nordic languages. In Denmark the name is pronounced "girt" with a clear i-sound to make a distinction from the German and Dutch names. In Norway the name is extremely rare but usually spelled Gjert to mark the j-sound in the pronunciation as in Swedish. It is a short form of the name Gerhard.[1] The name's meaning, derived from the German and Norse translation, is "the stern javelin warrior".
Since 1993 no one in Sweden has been baptised as Gert according to the Swedish Bureau of Census, so the name is becoming increasingly rare. In 2010 around 12,000 in Sweden had the name as their first name according to the same source. Gert is most common in Sweden among males over 50 years of age. Around 400 females in Sweden have Gert as their first name according to the Swedish Bureau of Census.
It may refer to:
People
- Gert Dörfel (born 1939), German retired footballer
- Gert Fredriksson (1919-2006), Swedish sprint canoer and coach, the most successful male canoer in history
- Gert Fröbe (1913–1988), German actor
- Gert Kams (born 1985), Estonian footballer
- Gert Kruys (born 1961) Dutch football manager and former player
- Gert Jõeäär (born 1987), Estonian road bicycle racer
- Gert Jonke (1946-2009), Austrian poet, playwright and novelist
- Gert Petersen (1927-2009), Danish journalist and politician who helped found the Socialist People's Party
- Gert Schutte (born 1939), Dutch former politician
- Gert Steegmans (born 1980), Belgian professional road bicycle racer
- Gert Thys (born 1971), South African long-distance runner
- Gert Verheyen (born 1970), Belgian retired footballer
- Gert Weil (born 1960), Chilean retired shot putter