Given name & surname
Geert
“one who is brave and strong”
Geert is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “one who is brave and strong.”
Original GermanGerd
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “one who is brave and strong.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
Geert’s family of names
Geert shares a linguistic root with Gerard. Geert is a form of Gerhard. Geert has a related form in Gerrit.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Geert
- Geert WildersDutch politician (born 1963)
- Geert De VliegerBelgian footballerborn 1971
- Geert GrooteDutch humanist and mystic (1340-1384)
- Geert BourgeoisFlemish minister-presidentborn 1951
- Geert Adriaans BoomgaardDutch supercentenarian1788–1899
- Geert LotsijDutch rower (1878-1959)
- Geert MakDutch journalist and non-fiction writerborn 1946
- Geert Steursroad bicycle racerborn 1981
- Geert Verheyenroad bicycle racerborn 1973
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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