Gertruda

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ɡɛrtruda/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Gertruda is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • NLNetherlands1 in 457(measured from records)
  • PLPoland1 in 3.4K
  • CZCzechia1 in 4K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Netherlands (measured from records)

37,801 people

Sources
58 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 457 (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Sources 1

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gertruda counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Gertruda is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NL Netherlands37,8011 in 45734KGertruda33
PL Poland11,2841 in 3.4K11K—1
CZ Czechia2,6841 in 4K2.7K—1
TZ Tanzania≈390 est.≈1 in 152K—Gertruda6
DE Germany≈260 est.≈1 in 306K—Gertruda33
LT Lithuania≈120 est.≈1 in 24Klisted——
SI Slovenia431 in 49K43——

37,801 people counted by Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); MVČR — living population register 2017; SURS — resident population given names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

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

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Gertruda is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Polish given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, United States, Czechia, Slovakia

    Languages: Polish, Czech, Slovak

    Also written Gertrůda, Gertrūda, Gertrúda

  • Croatian given name15 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Bulgaria, Serbia

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

    Also written Gertrude, Гертруда, Гертруде

  • Spanish given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Mexico, United States, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Gertrūda, Gertrúda

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium

    Also written Gertrūda

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Gertrūda

  • Russian given name10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, United States

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek

    Also written Гертруда, Gertrude, Гертруде, Geltrude

33 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Gertruda 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 Russian, Gertruda, wife of Andrei II. Before 1235.

    as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

  • In Latvian, Sievietes vārds

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

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)

500100015002000Gertrude of Nivelles, b. 626Gertrude of Saxony, b. 1030Gertrude Bell, b. 1868Gertrude Stein, b. 1874Ma Rainey, b. 1886Gertrude Lawrence, b. 1898Gertrude Berg, b. 1899Gertrude Elion, b. 1918Elizabeth Anscombe, b. 1919Mark van Bommel, b. 1977
  • Gertrude of Nivellesb. 626BEnot in their usual nameBenedictine abbess and saint (626-659)
  • Gertrude of Saxonyb. 1030DEnot in their usual nameCountess of Holland and Countess of Flanders (1030–1113)
  • Gertrude Bellb. 1868GBnot in their usual nameBritish traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)
  • Gertrude Steinb. 1874USnot in their usual nameAmerican author (1874–1946)
  • Ma Raineyb. 1886USnot in their usual nameAmerican blues singer (1886–1939)
  • Gertrude Lawrenceb. 1898GBnot in their usual nameEnglish actress, singer, dancer and musical comedy performer (1898–1952)
  • Gertrude Bergb. 1899USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress, screenwriter (1899-1966)
  • Gertrude Elionb. 1918USnot in their usual nameAmerican biochemist and pharmacologist (1918–1999)
  • Elizabeth Anscombeb. 1919GBnot in their usual nameBritish analytic philosopher
  • Mark van Bommelb. 1977NLnot in their usual nameDutch association football player and manager

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)

InformalCześć Gertruda,Hi Gertruda, (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)

Attested in 31 sources across 17 countries.

Official registers attesting Gertruda
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—34K#40
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—11K#187
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)202611K#187
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—10K#391
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—3.8K#460
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—2.7K#334
CZ Czechianaše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot—1.3K#375
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—1.3K#371
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names200870#716
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names200968#731
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names201066#752
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names201365#792

Reference works 3

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

How do you pronounce Gertruda?
A machine transcription gives /ɡɛrtruda/ (IPA) for Polish.
Is Gertruda a male or female name?
Gertruda is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Gertruda?
In the etymology graph, Gertrude, Gertrud and Gertrudis are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Gertruda have the most bearers?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 38 thousand people named Gertruda, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gertruda.
Where is Gertruda most common?
Gertruda is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 457 people carrying it.
How common is the name Gertruda?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 37,801 people named Gertruda, about 1 in 457 residents.

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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, “Gertruda”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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