Gerrit

Where Gerrit comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Gerrit.

Gerrit through the years
  1. 1613
    Gerrit Dou born
    Dutch painter
  2. 1881
    Debut at its peak, #781
    #781 among boys with 6 babies in the first year it was published, and still its best.
  3. 1882
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1888
    Gerrit Rietveld born
    Dutch furniture designer and architect
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Gerrit Rietveld · Dutch furniture designer and architect, 1888–1964
  • Gerrit Dou · Dutch painter, 1613–1675

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