Gertrude

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Gertrude (also spelt Gertrud) is a female forename which is derived from Germanic roots that meant "spear" and "strength".

See Names in Russian Empire, Soviet Union and CIS countries for a curiosity with this name.

People with this name include:

• Hamlet's mother.
• The heroine of Herman Hesse's novel Gertrud.
• Gertrude the Great (1256–1301) known informally as Saint Gertrude.
• Gertrude of Hamage, also known as Saint Gertrude. Founder of the convent Hamage near Douai.
• Gertrude of Austria (1226–-1288)
• Gertrude of Holland, wife of Robert I, Count of Flanders
• Gertrude of Merania (1185–1213)
• Gertrude of Nivelles (626–659)
• Gertrude Atherton, American writer
• Gertrude Wheeler Beckman, voice coach
• Gertrude Bell, an archaeologist and spy
• Gertrude Edelstein Berg (1894–1966)
• Gertrude Blanch (ca. 1897–1996)
• Gertrude Chataway
• Gertrude Crampton, an author of children's books
• Gertrude Walton Donahey (1908–2004), politician
• Gertrude Dunn
• Gertrude Ederle
• Gertrude B. Elion (1918–1999), pharmacist.
• Gertrude Gadwall, a fictional character
• Gertrud Heise
• Gertrude Himmelfarb
• Gertrude Jekyll (1843–1932), a gardener
• Gertrude Lawrence (1898–1952)
• Minnie Gertrude Matthews
• Sarah Gertrude Millin
• Gertrude Mongella, an ambassador from Tanzania.
• Gertrude Morgan (1900–1980), a preacher, and missionary.
• Gertrud Rabestein
• Gertrude Pridgett Rainey
• Gertrud Scholtz-Klink
• Gertrude Stein (1874–1946), writer
• Gertrude Vachon, an American professional wrestler.
• Gertrude Vanderbilt
• Gertrude Chandler Warner (1890–1979)
• Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney