Gerte \ge(r)-te\ as a girl's name is a variant of Gertrude (Old German), and the meaning of Gerte is "strong spear".

The baby name Gerte sounds like Gerty, Gertie, Gerta and Gert. Other similar baby names are Berte, Berty, Bertie, Berti, Berta, Bert, Berrte, Birte, Gitte, Herta, Jere, Gerry, Gerri, Geri, Gerda, Geeta, Grette, Grete, Jeree, Jerae, Jerle, Jette, Marte and Verde.