Gerda is a feminine given name. It may refer to:

  • Gerda Ahlm (1869–1956), Swedish-born American painter and art conservator
  • Gerda Alexander (1908–1994), Danish teacher and therapist
  • Gerda Antti (1929–2026), Swedish writer
  • Gerda Becker, Dutch table tennis player
  • Gerda Bengtsson (1900–1995), Danish textile artist
  • Gerda Blees (born 1985), Dutch writer
  • Gerda Blumenthal (1923–2004), German-American literary scholar
  • Gerda Boyesen (1922–2005), Norwegian psychotherapist
  • Gerda Bredgaard (1908–1996), Danish swimmer
  • Gerda Bryłka (born 1941), Polish gymnast
  • Gerda Bülow, (1904–1990), Danish violinist
  • Gerda Charles, pseudonym of the British novelist Edna Lipson (1915–1996)
  • Gerda Christian (1913–1997), German private secretary of Adolf Hitler
  • Gerda Christophersen (1870–1947), Danish actress
  • Gerda Claeskens (fl. 2000s), Belgian statistician
  • Gerda Daumerlang (1920–2006), German diver
  • Gerda Dendooven (born 1962), Belgian illustrator
  • Gerda Fiil (1927–1994), Danish resistance fighter
  • Gerda Frömel (1931–1975), Czechoslovak-born Austrian sculptor
  • Gerda Gantz (born 1915, date of death unknown), Romanian fencer
  • Gerda Gattel (1908–1993), American comic book author
  • Gerda Geertens (born 1955), Dutch composer
  • Gerda Gilboe (1914–2009), Danish actress and singer
  • Gerda Grepp (1907–1940), Norwegian writer and socialist
  • Gerda Hasselfeldt (born 1950), Bavarian politician
  • Gerda Hellberg (1870–1937), Swedish women's rights activist
  • Gerda Henning (1891–1951), Danish textile designer
  • Gerda Herrmann (1931–2021), German composer and poet
  • Gerda Hnatyshyn (born 1935), Canadian viceregal consort
  • Gerda Hofstätter (born 1971), Austrian billiards player
  • Gerda Höglund (1878–1973), Swedish painter
  • Gerda Höjer (1893–1974), Swedish nurse, recipient of the Florence Nightingale Medal and President of the International Council of Nurses
  • Gerda Holmes (1891–1943), Danish actress
  • Gerda Johansson (1891–1965), Swedish diver
  • Gerda Johner (born 1944), Swiss figure skater
  • Gerda-Maria Jürgens (1917–1998), German actress
  • Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs (1923–2015), Dutch sprinter and hurdler
  • Gerda Karstens (1903–1988), Danish ballet dancer
  • Gerda Kieninger (1951–2020), German politician
  • Gerda Kordemets (born 1960), Estonian theatre and film director, screenwriter, theatre critic, and journalist
  • Gerda Kraan (born 1933), Dutch middle-distance runner
  • Gerda Krüger-Nieland (1910–2000), German lawyer and senate president
  • Gerda Krūmiņa (born 1984), Latvian biathlete
  • Gerda Kupferschmied (born 1942), German athlete
  • Gerda Lammers (1915–1993), German soprano
  • Gerda Laski (1893–1928), Austrian/German physicist
  • Gerda Lassooij (born 1952), Dutch swimmer
  • Gerda Lerner (1920–2013), Austrian-born American historian and author
  • Gerda Lundequist (1871–1959), Swedish stage actress
  • Gerda Madsen (1902–1986), Danish film actress
  • Gerda Marcus (1880–1952), Swedish journalist and philanthropist
  • Gerda Martín (born 1927), Chilean athlete (javelin)
  • Gerda Maurus (1903–1968), Austrian actress
  • Gerda Mayer (1927–2021), Czechoslovak-born English poet
  • Gerda Müller (1894–1951), German actress
  • Gerda Munsinger (1929–1998), East German prostitute and alleged Soviet spy
  • Gerda Nettesheim (1947–2011), German sound artist
  • Gerda Neumann (1915–1947), Danish film actress
  • Gerda Nicolson (1937–1992), Australian actress
  • Gerda Olsen (born 1932), Danish swimmer
  • Gerda Palm (1871–1949), Swedish painter
  • Gerda Pak (born 1993), Estonian swimmer
  • Gerda Paumgarten (1907–2000), Austrian alpine skier
  • Gerda Planting-Gyllenbåga (1878–1950), Swedish suffragist and social welfare expert
  • Gerda Philipsborn (1895–1943), German educator and social reformer
  • Gerda Ranz (born 1944), German runner
  • Gerda Rieser-Cegnar (fl. 1960s), Austrian luger
  • Gerda Ring (1891–1999), Norwegian-born stage actress and producer
  • Gerda Roosval-Kallstenius (1864–1939), Swedish painter
  • Gerda Roux (born 1973), South African archer
  • Gerda Rubinstein (1931–2022), Dutch composer
  • Gerda Schriever (1928–2014), German contalto
  • Gerda Schmidt-Panknin (1920–2021), German painter
  • Gerda Sierens (born 1961), Belgian racing cyclist
  • Gerda Sprinchorn (1871–1951), Swedish sculptor and ceramist
  • Gerda Staniek (1925–1985), Austrian athlete (javelin)
  • Gerda Steinhoff (1922–1946), Polish Nazi SS concentration camp overseer, hung for war crimes
  • Gerda Stevenson (born 1956), Scottish actress, director and writer
  • Gerda Steyn (born 1990), South African marathon athlete
  • Gerda Sutton (1923–2005), British-French painter
  • Gerda Taro (1910–1937), German war photographer
  • Gerda Maria Terno (1909–1995), German actress
  • Gerda Tirén (1858–1928), Swedish artist
  • Gerda Uhlemann (born 1945), German athlete
  • Gerda Verburg (born 1957), Dutch diplomat, politician and trade union leader
  • Gerda Voitechovskaja (born 1991), Lithuanian badminton player
  • Gerda de Vries (fl. 2000s), Canadian mathematician
  • Gerda Wallander (1860–1926), Swedish painter
  • Gerda Wegener (1886–1940), Danish fine-artist, illustrator and painter
  • Gerda Weissensteiner (born 1969), Italian luger and bobsleigh pilot
  • Gerda Weissmann Klein (1924–2022), Polish-born American writer and human rights activist
  • Gerda Weltz (born 1951), Danish darts player
  • Gerda Wrede (1896–1967), Finnish actor and speech therapist
  • Gerda von Zobeltitz (1891–1963), early German transgender woman and dressmaker

Fictional characters

  • Gerda, a character of Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen and its adaptations
  • Gerda, a character on the children's television show Sesamstraat
  • Gerda Christow, a character in Agatha Christie's novel The Hollow
  • Gerda Gustav, a character on the children's TV series Hilda

Entertainment

  • Gerda (film), a 2021 Russian film
  • Gerda: A Flame in Winter, a 2022 video game