Geertruida

Girl · Germanic, through Dutch

Geertruida

Say it: khehr-TROY-dah

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Meaning

Dutch form of Gertrude, from Germanic ger 'spear' and probably trud 'strength'.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

Honouring Saint Gertrude of Nivelles, widely used in the Low Countries until the 20th century.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

Used by

Dutch Flemish

The family of the name

Other spellings: Geertruid, Truus

English	Gertrude
German	Gertrud

Famous bearers

Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint, novelist

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Where this comes from

Parish baptism registers
Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies

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