Gertrud (first name)
Gertrud , also Gertrude , Gertraud is a female given name .
origin
Gertrud is a name from the Germanic language area . The first part refers to: ger 'spear, throwing spear'. The second part comes from Old High German either from -trud- 'strong, die power, violence, or -trud-, -trut- ' (ver) trust, dear '.
popularity
The first name Gertrud enjoyed great popularity in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century . From 1905 to the early twenties it was almost continuously the most frequently given female first name. In the period that followed, its popularity continued to decline.
variants
- Gertrud, Gertrude, ancient: Gertrudis
- Gertraud
- ancient: Geretrud (e / is)
- ancient: Garitrude, Gartrude
- Gerdrut (in the Elbe-Weser triangle)
- Gesche ( Low German variant)
- Gertruda, Czech
Short form:
- Gerry or Gerrie , common in the Netherlands
- Gerti, Upper German (Bavarian-Austrian)
- Gesa, Frisian
- Gesche or Geesche, Low German
- Gesine , Frisian
- Traudel , Upper German
- Dare
- Trudel, Upper German
- Trude
- Trudi
- Trudla, Upper Sorbian form of Gertrud
Name days
- March 17th ( Gertrud von Nivelles )
- November 16 ( Gertrud von Helfta , in the general Roman calendar) or November 17 (Gertrud von Helfta, in the Benedictine order and in Germany)
Name bearers
Saints and blessed
- St. Gertrud von Nivelles (* 626; † 659), abbess of the Nivelles monastery in Belgium
- St. Gertrude von Brabant (6th century), abbess of the Hamage monastery
- Blessed Gertrude von Altenberg (* 1227, † 1297), Gertrude the Great, nun and mystic, daughter of Elisabeth of Thuringia
- St. Gertrud von Helfta (* 1256; † 1302), German mystic, Cistercian in the Helfta monastery
- Blessed Gertrud van Oosten (* around 1300; † 1358), mystic
- Gertrud von Schaffgotsch (* 1850 - † 1922), founder of the order
- Gertrud von Traunkirchen († around 1050), Abbess of Traunkirchen
Rulers
- Gertrud von Comburg († 1130/1), German queen
- Gertrud von Sulzbach († 1146), German queen
- Gertrud (Bavaria and Saxony) († 1197), Danish queen
- Gertrud von Andechs († 1213), Countess of Andechs-Meranien and Queen of Hungary
More nobles of the Middle Ages
- Gertrud Billung (1030–1113)
- Gertrude the Elder of Braunschweig († 1077)
- Gertrude the Younger of Braunschweig (around 1060–1117)
- Gertrude of Saxony (1115–1143)
- Gertrud von Baden (* before 1160, † before 1225), margrave princess of Baden
- Gertrud von Tegerfelden († after 1200), abbess of the free worldly Buchau women's monastery in today's Bad Buchau am Federsee
- Gertrud II von Boventhen († 1324), from 1317 to 1324 the abbess of the combined monasteries of Gernrode and Frose
Personal name
- Gertrud, Gertrude, Gertrudis
- Gertrude Abercrombie (1909–1977), American surrealist artist
- Gertrud Aretz (1915-2004), German welfare worker and politician (CDU)
- Gertrud Baer (1890–1981), German women's rights activist and peace activist
- Gertrude Bell (1868–1926), a. a. British explorer, historian, writer, archaeologist, mountaineer and political advisor
- Gertrude Blanch (1897–1996), Russian-American mathematician
- Gertrude Diener (1912–1988), Austrian visual artist
- Gertrude Fehr (1895–1996), German photographer
- Gertrud von le Fort (1876–1971), German writer
- Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814–1873), Cuban-Spanish poet, playwright and writer
- Gertrude Hoffman (actress) (1871–1968), American actress of German origin
- Gertrude Hoffman (dancer) (1885–1966), American dancer
- Gertrud Höhler (* 1941), German publicist and management consultant
- Gertrud Isolani (1899–1988), German journalist and writer
- Gertrude Krombholz (* 1933), German dance and sports teacher and founder of wheelchair dance
- Gertrud Lockmann , née Buschow, (1895–1962), German SPD politician
- Gertrude Lübbe-Wolff (* 1953), German legal scholar
- Gertrud Mahnke (1907–1992), German trade unionist
- Gertrud Elisabeth Mara (1749–1833), German opera singer
- Gertrud Pickhan (* 1956), German historian
- Gertrude Pritzi (1920–1968), Austrian table tennis player
- Gertrude Sandmann (1893–1981), Berlin artist of Jewish origin
- Gertrude Schoepperle (1882–1921), American Romanist and Celtologist of German descent
- Gertrud Scholz (1881–1950), German politician (SPD)
- Gertrud Stein (actually Henriette Fürth, 1861–1938), German women's rights activist, publicist, sociologist and politician
- Gertrude Stein (1874–1946), American writer, publisher and art collector
- Gertrude Wagner (1925–2009), international chess player and official
- Gertrude Wilhelmsen (née Stelling; 1913–2005), American discus and javelin thrower
- Gertrude Wondrack (1920–1971), Austrian trade unionist and politician (SPÖ)
- Gertrud Wysse Hägg (1912–2006), Swedish-American artist
- Gertrud Zasche (1920–2014), German poet
- Gertraud, Gertraude
- Gertraud Ellinger-Binder (* 1938), German painter and draftsman
- Gertraud Geißler (* before 1978), German pianist and university professor
- Gertraud Heise (* 1944), German journalist and author
- Gertraud Jesserer (* 1943), Austrian film and theater actress
- Gertraud Kaltenecker (1915–2004), German composer and singer
- Gertraud Klemm (* 1971), Austrian writer
- Gertraud Knoll (* 1958), Austrian former Protestant pastor and politician (SPÖ)
- Gertraud Kreißig (1938–2011), German actress
- Gertraude Mikl-Horke (* 1944), Austrian sociologist
- Gertraud Möhwald , b. Degen (1929–2002), German ceramist and sculptor
- Gertraude Steindl (* 1945), Austrian President of Aktion Leben Austria
Fictitious namesake
- the doll figure of a mouse from the fairytale forest, see Mr. Fuchs and Mrs. Elster
- Gertrude of Denmark, Hamlet's mother in William Shakespeare's play of the same name
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.beliebte-vornamen.de/5092-gertrud.htm
- ↑ Gertrude of Bavaria possibly identical to Saint Gertrude of Brabant , also Garitrude / Gertrude of Schelde-Mosel or Franconia (* around 560 or 570, † around 649 or 655), daughter of Theudebald of Bavaria or / or Ansbertus of Schelde , married to Richimer / Richomer von Franken, as widow Abbess of Hamaye / Hamage
- ^ Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz: Gertrud van Oosten. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8 , Sp. 233.