# Gertrud (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gertrud/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 34 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 34 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1894 | 6 | 1,405 |
| 1904 | 5 | 1,999 |
| 1915 | 6 | 3,965 |
| 1916 | 7 | 3,690 |
| 1917 | 5 | 4,887 |
| 1923 | 5 | 5,251 |

## People named Gertrud

- Gertrude of Nivelles, Benedictine abbess and saint (626-659)
- Gertrude of Saxony, Countess of Holland and Countess of Flanders (1030–1113)
- Gertrud Elisabeth Mara, German operatic soprano (1749–1833)
- Gertrude of Austria, Austrian noble
- Gertrude of Bohemia, Duchess consort of Bohemia from 1140 to 1150
- Gertrude of Brunswick, German countess (c.1060–1117)
- Gertrude Gabl, Austrian alpine skier
- Gertrud of Lorraine, Countess of Holland
- Gertrud Bodenwieser, Austrian dancer (1890–1959)
- Archduchess Gertrud, Countess of Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems, Austro-Tuscan Imperial and Royal (1900-1962)
- Gertrúd Stefanek, fencer
- Gertrud Fussenegger, Austrian writer (1912–2009)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.