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Strong/Brave with the Spear Most common in The Netherlands and Flanders (Belgium) Gert, Gerd, Gertje, Geertje, Gerrit, Gerry, Jerry, Gerard, Gerhard, Gerald, Gerardus |
‘Geert’ is a Dutch forename of Germanic origin, equivalent to German Gerd and English Gerry. The name is a condensed form of ‘Gerhard’, itself a combination of the Germanic words ‘ger’ (spear) and ‘hard’ (strong or brave) meaning 'Strong or Brave with the Spear'. The name's common female equivalent is 'Geertje'.
The pronunciation of the name varies slightly, depending on whether or not the speaker uses a variety of Dutch which distinguishes between the phonemes /x/ and /ɣ/. While speakers of most northern varieties of Dutch, which do not distinguish between the two phonemes, will pronounce the name as [χeːrt] or [xeːrt], speakers of southern varieties will generally pronounce it as [ɣeːrt].
Although 'Geert' can be used as a name in its own right, it is often the given name of persons who are formally called Gerard or Gerardus. The latter name refers usually to Saint Gerard of Toul or Saint Gerard Majella.
The name Geert may refer to:
Geert Bakker (1921–1993), Dutch sailor
Geert Egberts Boer (1832–1904), American college president
Geert Adriaans Boomgaard (1788–1899), Dutch supercentenarian
Geert Bourgeois (born 1951), Belgian politician
Geert Broeckaert (born 1960), Belgian football player
Geert Brusselers (born 1970), Dutch football player
Geert Chatrou (born 1969), Dutch musician
Geert Cirkel (born 1978), Dutch rower
Geert den Ouden (born 1976), Dutch football player
Geert De Vlieger (born 1971), Belgian football player
Geert De Vos (born 1981), Belgian dart player
Geert Groote (1340–1384), Dutch preacher
Geert Hammink (born 1969), Dutch basketball player
Geert Hofstede (born 1928), Dutch psychologist
Geert Hoste (born 1960), Belgian cabaret performer
Geert Huinink, Dutch musician
Geert Jan Jansen (born 1943), Dutch painter and art forger
Geert R. A. Kliphuis (born 1955), Dutch musician
Geert Lambert (born 1967), Belgian politician
Geert Lap (born 1951), Dutch ceramist
Geert Lotsij (1878–1959), Dutch rower
Geert Lovink (born 1959), Dutch media theorist
Geert Mak (born 1946), Dutch journalist and historian
Geert Meijer (born 1951), Dutch football manager
Geert Omloop (born 1974), Belgian cyclist
Geert Pijnenburg (1896–1980), Belgian writer
Geert Reuten (born 1946), Dutch economist and politician
Geert Arend Roorda (born 1988), Dutch football player
Geert Rouwenhorst, Dutch-born American economist
Geert van Beijeren (1933–2005), Dutch art dealer
Geert Van Bondt (born 1970), Belgian cyclist
Geert Van Calster (born 1970), Belgian lawyer
Geert Van de Walle (1964–1988), Belgian cyclist
Geert Jan van Gelder (born 1947), Dutch academic
Geert van Turnhout (1520–1580), Flemish composer
Geert van Wou (1440–1527), Dutch bell maker
Geert Versnick (born 1956), Belgian politician
Geert Wilders (born 1963), Dutch politician
Geert, fictional character in August Bournonville's comic ballet The Kermesse in Bruges
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