Gerrie (given name) explained

Gerrie is a Dutch and Afrikaans unisex given name. It is a diminutive of Ger, itself short for Gerard. 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.^[1]

Men

• Gerrie Coetzee (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 (died 1992), Canadian politician (Geraldine)
• (born 1970), Dutch comics artist and writer
• (born 1955), Belgian screenwriter

Notes and References

1. https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/gerrie Gerrie