Around the world, Gerber (Gerber 
, Гербер 
, 格伯 
) is quite a rare masculine forename. The first name Gerber is habitual in Guatemala, where it is quite a common masculine name, El Salvador, where it is quite a rare boy's name, and Switzerland, where it is quite a rare unisex name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Guatemala, Peru, and Philippines. More frequently, Gerber is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Gerber | Germany, Switzerland, Guatemala, United States, South Africa |
| Гербер | Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine |
| 格伯 | China |
| גרבר | Israel |
Gerber is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .
| traugott gerber german physician and botanist (1710-1743), DE (b. 1710) |
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| traugott gerber (b. 1707) |
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walo gerber (1881-1949), CH (b. 1881) |
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| niklaus gerber dairy chemist (1850-1914), CH (b. 1850) |
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| hildebrand gerber DE (b. 1851) |
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| walo niklaus gerber (b. 1881) |
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| merrill joan gerber American writer, US (b. 1938) |
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| regula gerber Swiss theatre director, CH (b. 1958) |
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| murry s. gerber (b. 1953) |
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| albrecht gerber German politician, DE (b. 1967) |
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| sander gerber Founder of Hudson Bay Capital, US (b. 1967) |
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| carson gerber journalist |
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| erhardt gerber researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-9856-3981) |
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| b. gerber researcher |
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| porter gerber Ph.D. New York University 1968 |
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