Gertrudis
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in Spanish: a female given name, equivalent to English Gertrude
Used for both men and women, depending on the country· national registers that list names by sex disagree
- Netherlands (Meertens NVB): listed under both sexes
- Spain (INE): listed as female
- Venezuela (asosab): listed as female
- United States (Census Bureau, 2020): listed as female
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 21 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/çert̪ɾuðis/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Gertrudis is a given name used for both men and women, depending on the country, written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Argentina.
- VEVenezuela
- MXMexico
- ARArgentina
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)a female given name, equivalent to English Gertrude
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
How Gertrudis is read
(measured from records)Gertrudis is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Spanish79%
- English7.0%
Spanish form of Gertrude
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Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Gertrudis is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
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Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Marie Gertrude Fürstin von Berlepschb. 1654ESnot in their usual nameNoblewoman, confidante of Maria Anna of Palatinate-Neuburg, prince abbess of the Monastery of the Angels in Prague (1654-1723)
- Gertrudis Bocanegrab. 1765MXSoldier in the Mexican War of Independence (1765-1817)
- Gertrudis Gómez de Avellanedab. 1814CUCuban-Spanish playwright and poet, editor
- Gertrudis Echeñiqueb. 1849CLFirst Lady of Chile
- Teresa Carreñob. 1853VEnot in their usual nameVenezuelan classical pianist
- Elena Fortúnb. 1886ESnot in their usual nameSpanish writer (1886-1952)
- Geert de Jongb. 1951BEnot in their usual nameBelgian actress (born 1951)
- Gertrudis Gómezb. 1970CUCuban basketball player (born 1970)
- Gertrudis Rivalta Olivab. 1971CUCuban artist
- Sylvia Hoeksb. 1983NLnot in their usual nameDutch actress (born 1983)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)35 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 21 countries.
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Gertrudis mean, and where does it come from?
- a female given name, equivalent to English Gertrude Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Gertrudis?
- In the etymology graph, Gertrude, Gertrud and Gertrudes are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Gertrudis?
- A machine transcription gives /çert̪ɾuðis/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- Is Gertrudis a male or female name?
- Gertrudis is used for both men and women, depending on the country. National registers that list names by sex disagree: Netherlands (Meertens NVB): listed under both sexes; Spain (INE): listed as female; Venezuela (asosab): listed as female; United States (Census Bureau, 2020): listed as female. We don't publish a percentage split.
- In which country does Gertrudis have the most bearers?
- Gertrudis is most frequently recorded in Argentina.
What do you want to know about Gertrudis?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gertrudisThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gertrudis”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.