Gertrude (given name)
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Gertrude is a female given name
which is derived from Germanic roots that meant "spear" and "strength". "Trudi", originally a diminutive of "Gertrude", has developed into a name in its own right.
"Gartred" is a rare variation (attested in Daphne du Maurier
's novel The King's General
, taking place in 17th Century Cornwall
) (see http://www.dumaurier.org/reviews-general.html ,http://www.mackayhouse.com/tree/f121.htm).
See Names in Russian Empire, Soviet Union and CIS countries for a curiosity with this name.
People with this name include:
See also Gertrude
for a list of fictional characters and people known by only one name.
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
which is derived from Germanic roots that meant "spear" and "strength". "Trudi", originally a diminutive of "Gertrude", has developed into a name in its own right.
"Gartred" is a rare variation (attested in Daphne du Maurier
Daphne du Maurier
Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning DBE was a British author and playwright.Many of her works have been adapted into films, including the novels Rebecca and Jamaica Inn and the short stories "The Birds" and "Don't Look Now". The first three were directed by Alfred Hitchcock.Her elder sister was...
's novel The King's General
The King's General
The King's General is a novel, published in 1946, by English author and playwright Daphne du Maurier.-Background:It was the first novel Du Maurier wrote while living at Menabilly, the setting for an earlier novel Rebecca, where it is called 'Manderley'...
, taking place in 17th Century Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
) (see http://www.dumaurier.org/reviews-general.html ,http://www.mackayhouse.com/tree/f121.htm).
See Names in Russian Empire, Soviet Union and CIS countries for a curiosity with this name.
People with this name include:
- Gertrude AthertonGertrude AthertonGertrude Franklin Horn Atherton was an American writer.-Early Childhood:Gertrude Franklin Horn was born on October 30, 1857 in San Francisco to Thomas Ludovich Horn and his wife, the former Gertrude Franklin...
, American writer - Gertrude BainesGertrude BainesGertrude Baines was an American supercentenarian, who became the oldest recognized living person according to Guinness World Records on January 2, 2009, until her own death on September 11, 2009, at age 115 years 158 days...
, the world's oldest living person from 2 January 2009 until 11 September 2009 - Gertrude BaniszewskiGertrude BaniszewskiGertrude Nadine Baniszewski , also known as Gertrude Wright and Nadine van Fossan, was an Indiana divorcée who, with the aid of most of her own children and neighborhood children, such as Ricky Hobbs and Coy Hubbard, oversaw and facilitated the prolonged torture, mutilation, and eventual murder of...
tortured Sylvia Likens to death in Indiana, USA in the 1960s. - Gertrud Barkhorn, a fictional character from the anime/manga series Strike WitchesStrike Witchesis a mixed-media project originally created by Humikane Shimada via a series of magazine illustration columns. It was later adapted into two light novel series, three manga series, an anime OVA, a televised anime series and various video games. The story revolves around teenage girls who are...
- Gertrude BellGertrude BellGertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, CBE was an English writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, and archaeologist who explored, mapped, and became highly influential to British imperial policy-making due to her extensive travels in Greater Syria, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, and Arabia. Along...
, an archaeologist and spy - Gertrude Edelstein BergGertrude BergGertrude Berg was an American actress and screenwriter. A pioneer of classic radio, she was one of the first women to create, write, produce and star in a long-running hit when she premiered her serial comedy-drama The Rise of the Goldbergs , later known as The Goldbergs.-Career:Berg was born...
(1894–1966) - Gertrude BlanchGertrude BlanchGertrude Blanch was an American mathematician who did pioneering work in numerical analysis and computation.Blanch was born Gittel Kaimowitz in Kolno, Russia , arrived in the United States as a child, and attended public schools in New York City. She spent fourteen years as a clerk, saving money...
(ca. 1897–1996) - Gertrude ChatawayGertrude ChatawayGertrude Chataway was the most important child-friend in the life of the author Lewis Carroll, after Alice Liddell. It was Gertrude who inspired his great nonsense mock-epic The Hunting of the Snark , and the book is dedicated to her, and opens with a poem that uses her name as a double...
- Gertrude CramptonGertrude CramptonGertrude Crampton was an author of children's books, including Tootle and Scuffy the Tugboat ....
, an author of children's books - Gertrude Walton DonaheyGertrude Walton DonaheyGertrude Walton Donahey was an American politician of the Democratic party who served as Ohio State Treasurer from 1971 to 1983....
(1908–2004), politician - Gertrude DunnGertrude DunnGertrude Dunn was an American baseball player with the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, the league made famous by the 1992 movie A League Of Their Own. She played shortstop on two teams, the Battle Creek Belles and the South Bend Blue Sox, and was named "Rookie of the Year" in . ...
- Gertrude EderleGertrude EderleGertrude Caroline Ederle was an American competitive swimmer. In 1926, she became the first woman to swim across the English Channel. Gertrude Ederle was the daughter of a German immigrant who ran a butcher shop on Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan; she was born in New York City. She was known as...
- Gertrude B. Elion (1918–1999), pharmacist
- Gertrude Gadwall, a fictional character
- Gertrude Scharff GoldhaberGertrude Scharff GoldhaberGertrude Scharff Goldhaber was a German-born Jewish-American nuclear physicist. She earned her PhD. from the University of Munich, and though her family suffered during The Holocaust, Gertrude was able to escape to London and later to the United States. Her research during World War II was...
, German scientist - Gertrude HimmelfarbGertrude HimmelfarbGertrude Himmelfarb , also known as Bea Kristol, is an American historian. She has written extensively on intellectual history, with a focus on Britain and the Victorian era, as well as on contemporary society and culture....
- Gertrude JekyllGertrude JekyllGertrude Jekyll was an influential British garden designer, writer, and artist. She created over 400 gardens in the UK, Europe and the USA and contributed over 1,000 articles to Country Life, The Garden and other magazines.-Early life:...
(1843–1932), a gardener - Gertrude "Traute" KleinováGertrude KleinováGertrude "Traute or Trude" Kleinová was a three-time world champion table tennis player, winning the women's team world championship twice, and the world mixed doubles once....
, Czech three-time table tennis world champion - Gertrude LawrenceGertrude LawrenceGertrude Lawrence was an English actress, singer and musical comedy performer known for her stage appearances in the West End theatre district of London and on Broadway.-Early life:...
(1898–1952) - Gertrud MånssonGertrud MånssonGertrud Månsson , was a Swedish municipal politician . She was the first female member in the Stockholm City Council, and also the first elected female politician of her country as a whole ....
, Swedish politician, first woman in the Stockholm city council. - Sarah Gertrude Millin
- Gertrude MongellaGertrude MongellaGertrude Ibengwe Mongella was the first president of the Pan-African Parliament.-Early work:...
, an ambassador from Tanzania - Gertrude MorganGertrude MorganSister Gertrude Morgan was a preacher, missionary, artist, musician, and poet who worked in New Orleans in the 1960s and '70s, notable primarily for her folk art....
(1900–1980), a preacher, and missionary - Gertrude NeumarkGertrude NeumarkGertrude Fanny Neumark, also known as Gertrude Neumark Rothschild, was an American physicist, most noted for her work in semiconducting materials and phosphors....
, American physicist - Gertrude Pridgett RaineyMa RaineyMa Rainey was one of the earliest known American professional blues singers and one of the first generation of such singers to record. She was billed as The Mother of the Blues....
- Gertrud Scholtz-KlinkGertrud Scholtz-KlinkGertrud Scholtz-Klink née Treusch was a fervent Nazi Party member and leader of the National Socialist Women's League in Nazi Germany.- Nazi activities :...
- Gertrude SteinGertrude SteinGertrude Stein was an American writer, poet and art collector who spent most of her life in France.-Early life:...
(1874–1946), writer - Gertrude VachonGertrude VachonGertrude Vachon was a Canadian-American professional wrestler better known by the ring name Luna Vachon.-Training:...
, an American professional wrestler. - Gertrude Chandler WarnerGertrude Chandler WarnerGertrude Chandler Warner was an American author, mainly of children's stories. She was most famous for beginning the popular Boxcar Children book series....
(1890–1979) - Gertrude Vanderbilt WhitneyGertrude Vanderbilt WhitneyGertrude Vanderbilt Whitney was an American sculptor, art patron and collector, and founder in 1931 of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City...
- Gertrude WeilGertrude WeilGertrude Weil was involved in a wide range of progressive/leftist and often controversial causes, including women's suffrage, labor reform and civil rights.-Life:...
(1879-1971), American involved in women's suffrage, labor reform, and civil rights
See also Gertrude
Gertrude
Gertrude or Gertrud may refer to:*The "underwater phone" used by submarines for communication*Gertrude , Hamlet's mother*Gertrud , by Hermann Hesse*Gertrud , by Hjalmar Söderberg...
for a list of fictional characters and people known by only one name.
Songs about Gertrude
- "Gertrude's Bounce", composed by Bud Powell, performed by the Clifford Brown and Max Roach quintet in the album Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin StreetClifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin StreetClifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street is a 1956 album by the Clifford Brown and Max Roach Quintet, the last album the quintet officially recorded. It is also one of the last major albums Brown recorded before his untimely death in 1956...