Gerrit
Gerrit as a man's name is Frisian- Low Frankish origin, and is commonly used, especially in the Netherlands as well as in the North Frisian and East Frisian North Sea area. He is the short form of Gerhard. Another notation is Gerit or Geritt. In addition to forms are Gerret, Gerrie, Gerridt and Gerrid.
The woman first name Gerrit or Gerit is the short form of Geralde. The first name Gerrit for girls was banned in the past by West German courts partially.
Female bearers of the name
- Gerrit Great ( * 1954), German politician
- Gerit Kling (* 1965), German actress
- Gerit Kopietz (* 1963), German author
Male bearers of the name
- Gerrit Achterberg (1905-1962), Dutch poet
- Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde (1638-1698), Dutch painter
- Gerrit Bouwmeester (1892-1961), a Dutch footballer
- Gerrit Braun (born 1967), co-founder of the Miniature Wunderland in Hamburg
- Gerrit Derkowski (* 1969), German journalist
- Gerrit Dou ( Gerard Dou and Gerard Douw or; 1613-1675 ), Dutch painter, pupil of Rembrandt
- Gerrit Engelke (1890-1918), German poet
- Gerrit Glomser (* 1975 ), Austrian cyclist
- Gerrit Grass (actually Gerrit Grassl, * 1969 ), German actor
- Gerrit Grijns (1865-1944), Dutch researchers
- Gerrit Heesemann ( Lotto King Karl; * 1967 ), German musician and presenter
- Gerrit Klein ( * 1991), German actor and songwriter
- Gerrit Komrij (1944-2012), a Dutch writer and poet
- Gerrit Meinke ( b. 1967 ), German football player
- Gerrit Müller (* 1984), German football player
- Gerrit Claesz Pool (1651-1710), Dutch shipbuilders
- Gerrit Rietveld (1888-1964), Dutch architect and designer
- Gerrit Schimmelpennick (1794-1863), the first Dutch -Chancellor
- Gerrit Schmidt- Foss ( born 1975 ), German actor and voice actor
- Gerrit Schulte (1916-1992), Dutch cyclist
- Gerrit Abrahamszoon de Vries (1818-1900), Dutch statesman
- Gerit Winnenberg (* 1974), German handball player.
- Gerrit Zalm ( born 1952 ), Dutch Finance and the Prime Minister
- Gerrit Zitterbart (* 1952), German pianist and university teachers