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Gerit - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Gerit

[ syll. ge-rit, ger-it ] The boy name Gerit is also used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is JHEHRahT KEY. Gerit is largely used in the Frisian language and its origin is Germanic. Gerit is a variant of the name Gerard (English, French, and Dutch). Gerit is also a Frisian short form of the name Gerhard (English, German, and Scandinavian) and a variant spelling of the name Gerrit (Frisian).

Gerit is unusual as a baby name for boys. It is listed outside of the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Gerit include Gerrit (Frisian), Jarrett (English), Gerado (Spanish), Gerahd (Russian), Gerard (English, French, and Dutch), Geraud (French and English), Gerod (English), Gerrard (English), Gérard (French), Jared (English), Jarod (English), Jarrid (English), Jarrod (English), Jerard (English), Jerod (English), Jerrard (English), Jerrid (English), Jerrod (English), Jordi (Catalan), and Jordie (English).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Gerit: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)"


 
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