Girl name origins & meanings
- German : Adored warrior
- German : From Gertrude
Girl name variations
Family name origins & meanings
- Dutch and German : from a short form of the female personal name Gertrude, composed of the Germanic elements gēr ‘spear’ + trud ‘strength’, the latter being subsequently reinterpreted as traut ‘dear’, yielding the form Gertraut (see Draudt).
