Around the globe, Gertrude (Gertrude 
, Гертруда 
, גרטרוד 
) is a common girly first name. The given name Gertrude is characteristic of Cameroon, where it is quite a common primarily female, but very seldom boy's name, Austria, where it is quite a common feminine name, and Ghana. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in the United States, Cameroon, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Much less frequently, Gertrude is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Gertrude | South Africa, Ghana, United States, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Гертруда | Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Ukraine |
| גרטרוד | Israel |
| Гертруде | Russia |
Geertruida, Geertuida, Geeske, Geirþrúður, Geltrude, Gerta, Gerti, Gertraud, Gertru, Gertrud, Gertruda, Gertrudes, Gertrudis, Gertruida, Gertrúd, Gerty, Gesche, Geske, Getrude, Gjertrud, Hjertrud, Kerttu, Trudi, Trudla, Trudy, Ģertrūde, Герта, Герти, Гертрауд, Гертруд, Геше, Кертту, Керту, ترودي, 格希, and 格蒂
Gertrude is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Gertrude , the character in Shakespeare's Hamlet; Gertrude Gadwall , the Disney Duck character, Donald Duck Family Tree; Gertrude Yorkes , the character from Marvel Comics; Gertrude , the operatic character in the opera Hamlet by Ambroise Thomas and Lady Gertrude , the operatic character in the opera Gormenghast by Irmin Schmidt; Titus Groan's mother, and in many other works.
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gertrude of flanders Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1070) |
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| gertrude of haldensleben (1025-1116), DE (b. 1025) |
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| gertrude edle von witilinchoven Peerage person ID=673309 (b. 1062) |
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| gertrude of northeim daughter of Henry, Margrave of Frisia (b. 1091) |
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| gertrude of comburg Queen consort of Germany, consort of Conrad III of Germany (b. 1095) |
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gertrude of bavaria Queen of Denmark (b. 1152) |
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gertrude (b. 1150) |
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gertrude de dabo French duchess and trouvere, FR (b. 1190) |
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| gertrude of brandenburg Peerage person ID=9013 (b. 1150) |
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gertrude of hackeborn Cistercian abbess (b. 1232) |
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| gertrude de nesle-soissons French noblewoman (b. 1185) |
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| gertrude van heukelom Peerage person ID=426666 (b. 1230) |
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| gertrude von der wart 14th century aristocrat; lay on her condemned husband to tend to him as he died on the rack (b. 1250) |
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gertrude van der oosten Dutch mystic, NL (b. 1320) |
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| gertrude courtenay, marchioness of exeter At the court of Henry VIII of England, godmother to the future Elizabeth I (b. 1500) |
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