Gertrudis

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Gertrudis

Say it: her-TROO-dees

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Meaning

From Germanic ger 'spear' and þrūþ 'strength'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

28 babies given this name since 1928
At its height in 1931, about 1 in 177,500 girls
Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Mexican Andean Caribbean Spanish

The family of the name

Other spellings: Tula

German	Gertrud
English	Gertrude

Famous bearers

Gertrudis Bocanegra, heroine of Mexican independence
Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, Cuban-born poet

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Where this comes from

Parish baptism registers
Colonial records of the Americas
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.