Given name & surname
Gerhardus
Gerhardus is a masculine given name from Dutch. It is used in German and Afrikaans.
Meaning & origin
Gerhardus’s family of names
In Afrikaans usage, Gerhardus has a diminutive in Gerrie.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gerhardus
- Gerhard de KockSouth African banker (1935–1989)
- Gerhardus PienaarSouth African athletics competitor (born 1981)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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