Given name
Gertrudis
“one who is strong with a spear”
Gertrudis has a related form in Gertrude. One German interpretation is “one who is strong with a spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gertrudis has a related form in Gertrude. One German interpretation is “one who is strong with a spear.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Gertrudis has a related form in Gertrude. An origin associated with Gertrude is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1928. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Gertrudis has a related form in Gertrude. The history of Gertrude gives this family its wider story. Gertrude was in use during the 19th century.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Gertrudis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 28
- 0 boys · 28 girls
- Most popular year
- 1931
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1972. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,459 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gertrudis’s family of names
Gertrudis shares a linguistic root with Gertrude. In German usage, Gertrudis has a related form in Gertrud. In Basque usage, Gertrudis has a related form in Gertrude.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Gertrudis has relatives in 5 languages.
3 related names in 5 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 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gertrudis
- Gertrudis Gómez de AvellanedaCuban-Spanish playwright and poet, editor1814–1873
- Gertrudis de la FuenteSpanish biochemist (1921-2017)
- Gertrudis BocanegraSoldier in the Mexican War of Independence (1765-1817)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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