Gerlind
given name · Latin script
Meaning: from ger 'spear' + lind 'gentle, mild'
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/gɐ̯lɪnt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Gerlind is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Germany.
- DEGermany
- ATAustria
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from ger 'spear' + lind 'gentle, mild'
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Gerlind Ganswindtb. 1895DEGerman engineer (1895-1991)
- Cornell Borchersb. 1925DEnot in their usual nameGerman actress (1925-2014)
- Gerlind Reinshagenb. 1926DEGerman writer (1926–2019)
- Gerlind Ahnertb. 1934DEGerman actor, television presenter and voice actor (1934-2007)
- Gerlind Schulzeb. 1941DEEast German actor
- Oda-Gerlind Gawlikb. 1948DEGerman politician
- Gerlind Plonkab. 1966DEGerman applied mathematician
- Gerlind Schellerb. 1967DEGerman synchronized swimmer
- Gerlind Rosenbuschb. 2000DEGerman actress and television presenter
- Gerlind BodeUSGerman translator
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 8 countries.
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Gerlind mean, and where does it come from?
- from ger 'spear' + lind 'gentle, mild' Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- How do you pronounce Gerlind?
- A machine transcription gives /gɐ̯lɪnt/ (IPA) for German.
- Is Gerlind a male or female name?
- Gerlind is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Gerlind?
- In the etymology graph, Gerlinde is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Gerlind have the most bearers?
- Gerlind is most frequently recorded in Germany.
What do you want to know about Gerlind?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gerlindThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gerlind”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.