Gertrude

German

"strength of a spear"

The name Gertrude is currently ranked #977 in U.S. births. and peaked for girls at #22 in 1906. It is currently rising in popularity. The name is most popular in GERTRUDE and GERTRUDE. Gertrude is occasionally used for boys in 1949.

Gertrude Rank in US Top 1000

# 977 in the US

Gertrude Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 939 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Gertrude

• 939 Nameberry 2026

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Famous People Named Gertrude

• Saint Gertrude the Great German Benedictine mystic and theologian
• Saint Gertrude of Nivelles Belgian abbess
• Gertrude of Hohenburg Queen consort of Rudolph I of Germany
• Gertrude of Merania Queen consort of Andrew II of Hungary
• Gertrude of Bavaria and Saxony Queen consort of Canute VI of Denmark
• Gertrude Stein American novelist
• Gertrude Chandler Warner American children's novelist
• Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton American novelist
• Gertrude Jekyll English garden designer
• Gertrude Bambrick American silent film actress
• Gertrude Berg (born Tillie Edelstein) American actress
• Gertrude Belle Elion American biochemist and Nobel Prize winner
• Gertrude Lawrence (born Gertrude Alice Dagmar Klasen) English actress and singer
• Gertrude Mabel Barrows Bennett American novelist
• Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell English writer and spy
• Gertrude Caroline Ederle American Olympic swimmer
• Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney American sculptor and art patron
• Gertrude Modora Bryan American actress
• Gertrude Astor American actress
• Gertrude Abercrombie American painter

The name Gertrude in Pop Culture

• Gertrude Hamlet's mother in Shakespeare's "Hamlet"
• Gertrude "Gigi" Hollingsworth character in TV's "Wizards of Waverly Place"
• Gertrude Lescot character in "Sims" series
• "Gertrude McFuzz " Dr. Seuss book
• Gertrude "Gert" Yorkes aka Arsenic character in Marvel's Runaway comics
• Gertrude Von Harp character in G. A. Henty's, By Pike and Dyke
• Candace Gertrude Flynn character in "Phineas and Ferb"
• Gertrude "Mama Gertrude" Acachalla A character from the YouTube channel VenturianTale
• Gertrude Trinke character in the film Jersey Girl
• Gertrude "Trudy" Hardy Fenton Hardy's sister and The Hardy Boys' aunt from "The Hardy Boys" series
• Gertrude Robinson ex,archivist on "The Magnus Archives"

International Variations of the name Gertrude

• Geerta Dutch
• Gertraud German
• Gertrud German
• Gertruda German