Gerrit is a Dutch male name meaning "brave with the spear", the Dutch and Frisian form of Gerard. People with this name include:Gerrit Achterberg (1905–1962), Dutch poet
Gerrit van Arkel (1858–1918), Dutch architect
Gerrit Badenhorst, South African powerlifter and professional strongman competitor
Gerrit Battem, Dutch landscape painter
Gerrit Beneker (1882–1934), American painter and illustrator
Gerrit Berckheyde (1638–1698), Dutch painter
Gerrit Berkhoff (1901–1996), Dutch chemist and university rector
Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer (1903–1996), Dutch theologian
Gerrit Berveling, Dutch Esperanto author
Gerrit Blaauw (1924–2018), Dutch computer engineer
Gerrit de Blanken (1894–1961), Dutch pottery artist
Gerrit van Bloclant (1578–1650), Dutch Renaissance painter
Gerrit Bol (1906–1989), Dutch mathematician
Gerrit Braamcamp (1699–1771), Dutch distiller, timber merchant and art collector
Gerrit den Braber (1929–1997), Dutch songwriter and lyricist
Gerrit Broekstra, Dutch scientist and professor
Gerrit Cole, American baseball pitcher
Gerrit Gerritsz Cuyp, Dutch painter and stained glass artist
Gerrit J. Diekema (1859–1930), American politician
Gerrit van Dijk (1938–2012), Dutch animator, film maker, actor and painter
Gerrit Dou (1613–1675), Dutch painter
Gerrit L. Dox (1784–1847), American politician
Gerrit Faulhaber (1912–1951), Dutch-Indonesian footballer
Gerrit Fauser, German ice hockey player
Gerrit Ferreira, South African businessman
Gerrit Fischer (1916–1984), Dutch footballer
Gerrit Fokkema, Australian photographer
Gerrit Forbes (1836–1906), American judge
Gerrit De Geest, Belgian legal scholar
Gerrit van Gelderen (1926–1994), Dutch-born Irish naturalist, wildlife broadcaster, film-maker, illustrator and cartoonist
Gerrit Van Gestel, Belgian former cyclist
Gerrit Glas, Dutch philosopher and psychiatrist
Gerrit Glomser, Austrian racing cyclist
Gerrit W. Gong, American religious leader
Gerrit David Gratama (1874–1965), Dutch artist, writer and museum director
Gerrit Govaars (1866–1954), Dutch teacher and Salvation Army officer
Gerrit Graham, American actor and songwriter
Gerrit Holdijk (1944–2015), Dutch politician
Gerrit Holtmann, German footballer
Gerrit van Houten (1866–1934), Dutch painter and artist
Gerrit van Iterson (1878–1972), Dutch botanist and professor
Gerrit de Jager, Dutch cartoonist
Gerrit de Jong Jr. (1892–1978), Dutch-born American art teacher, pedagogue and professor
Gerrit P. Judd (1803–1873), American physician and missionary
Gerrit Kastein (1910–1943), Dutch communist, neurologist and WWII resistance fighter
Gerrit Hendrik Kersten (1882–1948), Dutch Christian minister and politician
Gerrit Kleerekoper (1897–1943), Dutch gymnastics coach
Gerrit Komrij (1944–2012), Dutch poet
Gerrit Korteweg, Dutch swimmer
Gerrit Kouwenaar (1923–2014), Dutch journalist, translator, poet and prose writer
Gerrit Krol (1934−2013), Dutch author, essayist and writer
Gerrit Kruize (1923–2009), American field hockey player
Ger Lagendijk (1941–2010), Dutch footballer
Gerrit Lamberts (1776–1850), Dutch painter and museum curator
Gerrit Y. Lansing (1783–1862), American politician
Gerrit Lekkerkerker (1922–1999), Dutch mathematician
Gerrit Lundens (1622–1683), Dutch painter
Gerrit van der Meer, Dutch television producer, film producer and unit production manager
Gerrit Nauber, German footballer
Gerrit Niekoop, Surinamese football player
Gerrit Noordzij (1931–2022), Dutch typographer, typeface designer, and author
Gerrit Olivier, South African academic and diplomat
Gerrit Oosting (1941–2012), Dutch politician
Gerrit Opperman, South African Army General
Gerrit Paape (1752–1803), Dutch earthenware and stoneware painter, poet, journalist, novelist, judge, columnist and civil servant
Gerrit Patist (1947–2005), Dutch sculptor and ceramist
Gerrit Pels (1893–1966), Dutch astronomer
Gerrit Plomp, Dutch footballer
Gerrit van Poelje (1884–1976), founder of Public Administration in the Netherlands
Gerrit Pressel, German footballer
Gerrit Radstaak (1914–1996), Canadian politician
Gerrit Reynst (1599–1658), Dutch merchant and art collector
Gerrit Rietveld (1888–1964), Dutch architect
Gerrit Roos (1898–1969), Dutch weightlifter
Gerrit Roorda (1890–1977), Dutch communist politician
Gerrit Rudolph, South African-born Namibian cricketer
Gerrit van Santen (1591/92–1656), Dutch painter and writer
Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (1794–1863), Dutch businessman and statesman
Gerrit Schipper, Dutch painter
Gerrit Schotte, Curaçao optician
Gerrit Schouten (1779–1839), Surinamese artist
Gerrit Schulte (1916–1992), Dutch track bicycle racer
Gerrit Smith (1797–1874), American abolitionist
Gerrit Smith (composer) (1859–1912), American composer and organist
Gerrit Smith, South African rugby union player
Gerrit van Spaan (1654–1711), Dutch writer
Gerrit Stoeten, Spanish footballer
Gerrit T. Thorn (1835–1900), American politician
Gerrit Friedrich Otto Toennies (1898-1978), research biochemist
Gerrit van Uylenburgh, Dutch painter and art-dealer
Gerrit van der Veen (1902–1944), Dutch sculptor and member of the Dutch Resistance in WWII
Gerrit de Veer, Dutch military officer and explorer
Gerrit Verschuur, South African-born American scientist
Gerrit Viljoen (1926–2009), South African politician
Gerrit Cornelisz Vlasman, Dutch brewer
Gerrit van Voorst (1910–1986), Dutch swimmer
Gerrit de Vries (politician) (1818–1900), Dutch jurist and politician, former Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Gerrit de Vries (cyclist), road racing cyclist
Gerrit van Wees (1913–1995), Dutch cyclist
Gerrit de Wet (1616–1674), Dutch painter
Gerrit Zalm, Dutch politician
Gerrit Zegelaar (1719–1794), Dutch painter