Gert is a mainly masculine given name (sometimes a short form of Gerrit, Gerard, etc.
), with some female bearers (short for Gertrude).
[1] Since 1993 no one in Sweden has been baptised as Gert according to the Swedish Bureau of Census,[citation needed] so the name is becoming increasingly rare.
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.