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Gerhardt

Gerhardt is a surname from German. It is used in English and German.

Original GermanGerhard

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Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Gerhardt comes from German.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From German Gerhardt.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1903. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Gerhardt through the years

Babies since 1880
858
858 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1916
45 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
0204060192019401960198020002025Highest share 19160.0
Gerhardt in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1903–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1999. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 45 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 410 as a first name in 2020; 4,809 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Gerhardt’s family of names

In German usage, Gerhardt shares a linguistic root with the Dutch form Gerard. In German usage, Gerhardt has a related form in Gerhard. In Danish usage, Gerhardt has a conventional equivalent in the German form Gerhard.

Walk Gerhardt’s family in the name graph

GerhardtGerhardGerhartGerardGayheartGérard

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Gerhardt has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.

German

Germanwhere Gerhardt comes from · 2 names

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 3

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

People named Gerhardt

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