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Gerrit - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Gerrit

[ 2 syll. ger-rit, ge-rr-it ] The girl name Gerrit is also used as a boy name, with the latter form being far more popular. It is pronounced JHEHRahT KEY. Gerrit's language of origin is Germanic and it is predominantly used in Frisian. Gerrit is a short form of the German Gerharde. A form of the name is the Frisian spelling variant Gerit.

Gerrit is not popular as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. In the last century Gerrit has primarily been a boy name.

Baby names that sound like Gerrit include the Frisian Gerit, the English Gertie, the English Jordi, the Dutch and Frisian Tjarda, the Spanish Gerarda, and the Indian Jarita.

KEY: English pronunciation for Gerrit: 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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