Gert
Gert is a mainly masculine given name (short form of Gerrit, Gerard, etc.) with some female bearers (short for Gertrude). Since 1993 no one in Sweden has been baptised as Gert according to the Swedish Bureau of Census, so the name is becoming increasingly rare. In 2010 around 12,000 in Sweden had the name as their first name according to the same source. Gert is most common in Sweden among men over 50 years of age. Around 400 women in Sweden have Gert as their first name according to the Swedish Bureau of Census. Sports Gert Aandewiel (born 1969), Dutch football player and manager Gert Andersen (born 1939), Danish handball player Gert Bals (1936–2016), Dutch footballer Gert Bender (born 1948), German motorcycle racer Gerrit "Gert" van den Berg (1903-?), Dutch cyclist Gert Blomé (1934–2021), Swedish ice hockey player Gert Bolmer (born 1983), Dutch dressage equestrian Gert Bongers (born 1946), Dutch track cyclist Gert Brauer (1955–2018), German footballer Gert Claessens (born 1972), Belgian footballer Gert Coetzer (1940s—2018), South African rugby player Gert De Kock (born 1980), South African rugby player Gert Dockx (born 1988), Belgian road cyclist Gert Dorbek (born 1985), Estonian basketball player Gert Dörfel (born 1939), German footballer Gert