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Dutch form of Gertrude. In that capacity, the name is used as an independent, official name on birth certificates. However, it also occurs as an informal name in daily life for women who are officially named Geertruda, Geertrude, Geertrudis, etc. on their birth certificate. In these cases, you could also consider the name to be a short form, as Geertruud consists of only two syllables.