Gerwig is a German surname from the medieval masculine given name Gerwig, derived from the Old High German/Old Saxon element gēr, meaning "spear", and the Old Saxon/Old English wig, meaning "war" or "battle".J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Gerwig". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Gerwig.
Notable people with the surname include: Anne Gerwig (born 1963), American politician Greta Gerwig (born 1983), American actress, screenwriter, and film director René Gerwig (1891–1965), French cyclist Robert Gerwig (1820–1885), German civil engineer and politician Walter Gerwig (1899–1966), German lutenist and composer
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