Gerhardt

Where Gerhardt comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Gerhardt.

Gerhardt through the years
  1. 1794
    Gerhardt Wilhelm von Reutern born
    Baltic German painter
  2. 1887
    Gerhardt Katsch born
    German physician
  3. 1903
    First appearance
    #1,009 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1916
    Peak, #952
    45 babies named Gerhardt, the most in any year.
  5. 1928
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,707.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Gerhardt Wilhelm von Reutern · Baltic German painter, 1794–1865
  • Gerhardt Katsch · German physician, 1887–1961
  • Gerhardt Csejka · German writer and translator, 1945–2022
  • Gerhardt Sørensen · Danish rower, 1921–2002
  • Gerhardt Alois Westrick · German lawyer and businessman, 1889–1957

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.