Gertrud
Gertrud is a name with multiple cultural origins: German, Swedish, Germanic, Hungarian.
- German
- Swedish
- Germanic
- Hungarian
Meaning & Origin of Gertrud
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gertrud is a name with multiple cultural origins: German, Swedish, Germanic, Hungarian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
- Swedish
- Germanic
- Hungarian
The Story of Gertrud
The earliest SSA record of Gertrud as a baby girl name dates back to 1894, when 6 babies received it. 1916 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Gertrud — #3,552 in the national rankings. About 53% of every Gertrud on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Gertrud last appeared in the published SSA data in 1923, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 34 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Gertrud
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Gertrud. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Gertrud
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About the name Gertrud
Gertrud is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1894 and has accumulated 34 births in the dataset. Gertrud's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #3,552. Use the chart and map above to compare Gertrud's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.