Given name & surname

Gehrke

Gehrke is a surname from German.

Original GermanGercke

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Gehrke comes from German.

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How it developed

From German Gehrke.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Gehrke’s family of names

In German usage, Gehrke as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Finnish form Kerkelä. In German usage, Gehrke as a surname has a related form in Gercke.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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