Given name & surname
Gerrie
“one who is mighty with a spear”
In Dutch use, Gerrie is a diminutive of Gerard. One English interpretation is “one who is mighty with a spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Dutch use, Gerrie is a diminutive of Gerard. One English interpretation is “one who is mighty with a spear.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Dutch use, Gerrie is a diminutive of Gerard. An origin associated with Gerard is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Dutch usage, Gerrie is a diminutive of Gerard. In Dutch usage, Gerrie is a diminutive of Gerrit.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gerrie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,378
- 11 boys · 1,367 girls
- Most popular year
- 1948
- 53 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 1984. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 50 in 1947. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,010 as a first name in 2020; 196 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.
Gerrie’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Gerrie is a diminutive of Gerard. Gerrie has a related form in Gerry. In Dutch usage, Gerrie is a diminutive of Gerrit.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gerrie
- Gerrie KnetemannDutch road bicycle racer (1951–2004)
- Gerrie MührenDutch footballer (1946–2013)
- Gerrie CoetzeeSouth African boxer (1955–2023)
- Gerrie DeijkersDutch football player (1946-2003)
- Gerrie EijlersDutch handball playerborn 1980
- Gerrie SlotDutch cyclistborn 1954
- Gerrie NelSouth African lawyerborn 1961
- Gerrie KletonDutch footballer (1953-2006)
- Gerrie Fensborn 1951
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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