# Gert (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gert/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## People named Gert

- Gert Fröbe, German actor (1913–1988)
- Gert Engels, German football manager
- Gert Verheyen, Belgian association football player
- Gert Frank, Danish cyclist and olympic medalist (1956–2019)
- Gert Heidler, East German footballer
- Gert Kams, Estonian association football player (born 1985)
- Gert Jõeäär, Estonian road bicycle racer (born 1987)
- Gert Dörfel, German footballer
- Gert Brauer, German footballer (1955-2018)
- Gert Jonke, Austrian writer (1946–2009)
- Gert Weil, Chilean shot putter
- Gert Bastian, German general and politician (1923-1992)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.