Gerrie is a
Dutch and
Afrikaans
Afrikaans is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and to a lesser extent Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and also Argentina where there is a group in Sarmiento, Chubut, Sarmiento that speaks the Pat ...
unisex given name. It is a diminutive of
Ger, itself short for
Gerard
Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other Germanic name, early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful ...
. As a birth name in the Netherlands, it is primarily feminine, peaking in popularities around 1950, but the name is more common as a nickname for men with the birth name Gerard(us) or
Gerrit.
Gerrie
at the Meertens Institute
The Meertens Institute (Dutch ''Meertens Instituut'') in Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of ...
database of given names in the Netherlands.
;Men
* Gerrie Coetzee
Gerhardus Christian Coetzee OIB (8 April 1955 – 12 January 2023) was a South African professional boxer who competed from 1974 to 1986, and in 1993 and 1997. He was the first African in history to ever fight for, and win, a world heavyweight ...
(1955–2023), South African boxer
* Gerrie Deijkers (1946–2003), Dutch footballer
* Gerrie Eijlers (born 1980), Dutch handball player
* Gerrie Germishuys (born 1949), South African rugby player
* Gerrie Kleton (1953-2006), Dutch footballer
* Gerrie Knetemann (1951-2004), Dutch cyclist
* Gerrie Labuschagné (born 1995), South African rugby player
* Gerrie Mühren (1946–2013), Dutch footballer
* Gerrie Nel (born 1961), South African lawyer and prosecutor
* Gerrie Pienaar (born 1959), South African cricket umpire
* Gerrie Slot (born 1954), Dutch track cyclist
* Gerrie Snyman (born 1981), Namibian cricketer
;Women
* Gerrie Hammond
Geraldine Rose "Gerrie" Hammond (died November 1, 1992) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1981 to 1990, and a cabinet minister in the Progressive Conservative government of Gary F ...
(died 1992), Canadian politician (Geraldine)
* (born 1970), Dutch comics artist and writer
* (born 1955), Belgian screenwriter
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