Gerlinde

Girl · Old High German

Gerlinde

Say it: gair-LIN-deh

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Meaning

From Germanic ger 'spear' and lind 'soft' or 'linden shield'.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

Popular in Germany and Austria in the 1930s to 1950s.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

German Austrian

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Where this comes from

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