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Comments and insights on the name Gertrude

Hate this name! But I guess it is kinda cute! Especially Gertie. x

This was my father's birth name. His parents wanted a girl but he was born a boy. They called him Gertrude anyway. He fought in Madagascar and has tattoos of marine creatures on his inner thighs. Recently, he got his name legally changed to John. But, the scars of Gertrude remain. And the tattoos too.

I can't believe someone would name a boy Gertrude!

My maiden name was Mary Gertz, and everyone always called me Gertie in school. Even tho I'm married now, all the people who love me call me Gertie.
Trudy is an adorable nickname. Gertrude, though... meh

Personal experiences with the name Gertrude

Most of my life I have used Trudy -- Gertrude is considered an old maiden's name in the USA.
I ate out a Gertrude
Did she taste good?
like cheese and fungus

Nicknames for Gertrude

Gabby/Gabbie, Gert, Gertie, Greta, Trudy, Trude,Tuddy/Tuddie/Toodie, Tootie. Tootsie, Rudy, Rude

Meanings and history of the name Gertrude

From Old High German, meaning "strong spear".

Famous real-life people named Gertrude

Gertrude Stein, American writer
Gertrude Lawrence, English actress and musical comedy performer
Gertrude Vachon, retired Canadian professional wrestler
Gertrude Bell, British writer, traveller, political analyst, Arabian administrator and archaeologist.
Gertrude Berg, American actress and screenwriter
Gertrude Hohenburg, first Queen consort of Rudolph I of Germany
Gertrude of Meran, first wife of Andrew II, king of Hungary and mother of St. Elisabeth of Hungary
Gertrude Chandler Warner, author of "The Boxcar" series of children's books.
Gennifer Flowers, one-time mistress of Bill Clinton, has the full name Gertrude Gennifer Flowers.
Gertrude Baniszewski, an Indiana divorcee who murdered Sylvia Likens, a teenage girl she took into her charge in the the mid-1960s.

Gertrude in song, story & screen

Hamlet's mother, Queen of Denmark

Gertie - Drew Barrymore's character in E.T.

Gertrude Blatch, in the internet comic blog "The Greasers of Hazzick Flats", Alex S. Smuckers's aunt Gertrude, who works at and manages Hap's Diner, an all-night greasy spoon. http://www.thegreasersofhazzickflats.blogspot.com

Gertrude “Gert” Yorkes, a character in Marvel’s Runaways comics.

Ross Geller in FRIENDS dances with "Gert" in "The One After I Do" Season 8 Episode 1.