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Gertruda is a song by Russian singer Boris Grebenshikov.
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Gertruda Kilosówna (1913 – 1938) was a Polish middle-distance runner. She competed in the women's 800 metres at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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Gertruda Biernat (1923 – 2016) was a Polish geologist and paleontologist. During World War II, she joined the Polish resistance, including participating in the Warsaw Uprising. She is noted for her work in identifying and studying brachiopods of the Ordovician period of the Paleozoic Era, and several have been named in her honor. Biernat worked at institutions of the Polish Academy of Sciences, published major works on brachiopods, participating in paleontological expeditions internationally, including leading a series of expeditions in the Arctic.
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Also Croatian: https://actacroatica.com/en/name/Gertruda/
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This name was also used among the German minority in Bessarabia: https://ofb.genealogy.net/famreport.php?ofb=krasna&ID=I6418&nachname=Wuitschik&modus=&lang=de
https://ofb.genealogy.net/famreport.php?ofb=krasna&ID=I14224&nachname=Kahl&modus=&lang=de
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https://ofb.genealogy.net/famreport.php?ofb=krasna&ID=I14224&nachname=Kahl&modus=&lang=de
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Also Slovene: https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertruda
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Also Corsican: http://www.corsicami.com/corse%20prenoms/prenoms_corses_m11.htm
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Gertruda is also the Croatian and Czech form of Gertrude:
- http://imehrvatsko.net/namepages/view/first_name/Gertruda (in Croatian)
- https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertruda (in Czech)
- http://www.rodina.cz/jmeno.asp?jmeno=Gertruda (in Czech)
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Czech_female_given_names (in English)
A known Czech bearer of this name was Gertruda Sekaninová-Čakrtová (1908-1986), a lawyer, politician and diplomat of Jewish origin:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertruda_Sekaninov%C3%A1-%C4%8Cakrtov%C3%A1 (in English) [noted -ed]
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- http://imehrvatsko.net/namepages/view/first_name/Gertruda (in Croatian)
- https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertruda (in Czech)
- http://www.rodina.cz/jmeno.asp?jmeno=Gertruda (in Czech)
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Czech_female_given_names (in English)
A known Czech bearer of this name was Gertruda Sekaninová-Čakrtová (1908-1986), a lawyer, politician and diplomat of Jewish origin:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertruda_Sekaninov%C3%A1-%C4%8Cakrtov%C3%A1 (in English) [noted -ed]
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This name was also used in the early decades of the Soviet Union, as one of the invented names that were once very popular. It meant "worker hero," derived from the elements geroy truda. Today, it's used as the Russian form of Gertrude.
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Much prettier than Gertrude in my opinion.
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• https://nvb.meertens.knaw.nl/naam/is/Gertruda (in Dutch; shows the prevalence of the name in the Netherlands in 2017)
• http://www.names.be/meisjesnamen.html?met=Gertruda&sort=beldesc (in Dutch; shows the prevalence of the name in Belgium in 2009)
Also take a look at how the name's popularity compares to that of other names that start with Gertrud-:
• Belgium: http://www.names.be/meisjesnamen.html?met=Gertrud&sort=beldesc (in Dutch)
• Netherlands: https://nvb.meertens.knaw.nl/naam/begintmet/Gertrud (in Dutch)
As you can see, the top 4 is essentially the same in both countries. The only difference is between Gertruda and Gertrude, who switch places between the countries: one name is in first place in one country, but third place in the other (and vice versa).
For the Dutch pronunciation of Gertruda, you can listen to the audio clip featured on the website below:
• https://nl.forvo.com/search/Gertruda/nl/ (in Dutch)
Converted to IPA, it should be: /ɣɛr.'try.da:/
In other words: this name is pronounced exactly like Gertrude (main database) in Dutch, except that it ends with the letter 'a' instead.