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.

rarermore common
  • 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%

    a female given name, equivalent to English Gertrude

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

    Germánico Gertrud: ger 'lanza' + trut 'querido, fiel, valioso'; 'lanza fiel'.

    as a nameDiccionario etimológico de nombres propios

  • English7.0%

    Spanish form of Gertrude

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The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Recorded in:

No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

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.

  • In German, weibl. Vom., latinisierte Form von

    as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

  • Doncella armada con lanza

    as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

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)
16001700180019002000Marie Gertrude Fürstin von Berlepsch, b. 1654Gertrudis Bocanegra, b. 1765Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, b. 1814Gertrudis Echeñique, b. 1849Teresa Carreño, b. 1853Elena Fortún, b. 1886Geert de Jong, b. 1951Gertrudis Gómez, b. 1970Gertrudis Rivalta Oliva, b. 1971Sylvia Hoeks, b. 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)
InformalHola Gertrudis,Hi Gertrudis, (English)

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.

Official registers attesting Gertrudis
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—8.1K#282
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—4.3K#503
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—4.3K#425
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—4K#1,066
VE Venezuelaasosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996)—3.3K#496
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—3.3K#982
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)—1.4K—
EC EcuadorINEC — civil registry names20241.4K#775
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20201.4K#9,498
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—158#6,217
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020104#9,498
CR Costa RicaTSE — electoral roll (padrón) names—95#2,215

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.

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About this data

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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.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gertrudis”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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