Given name
Gertruda
“one who is strong with a spear”
Gertruda is a variant of Gertrude. One German interpretation is “one who is strong with a spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gertruda is a variant of Gertrude. One German interpretation is “one who is strong with a spear.”
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Where it comes from
Gertruda is a variant of Gertrude. An origin associated with Gertrude is Germanic.
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The story
Gertruda is a variant of Gertrude. The history of Gertrude gives this family its wider story. Gertrude was in use during the 19th century.
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Gertruda’s family of names
Gertruda has a related form in Gertrude. In Polish usage, Gertruda has a conventional equivalent in the French form Gertrude. In German usage, Gertruda has a related form in Gertrud.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Gertruda has relatives in 12 languages.
10 related names in 12 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 24
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Trudyequivalent
- Jericaequivalent
- Geraequivalent
- Trudiequivalent
- Gertrudisequivalent
- Jeraequivalent
- GertrudesPortuguese, Latin
- Gertaequivalent
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People named Gertruda
- Gertruda Sekaninová-ČakrtováCzech and Czechoslovak lawyer, politician and diplomat (1908–1986)
- Gertruda BiernatPolish palaeontologist1923–2016
- Gertruda UścińskaPolish political scientistborn 1958
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