
Gertrude
Meaning
Means "spear of strength", derived from the Germanic elements ger "spear" and thrud "strength". Sain
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Famous People Named Gertrude
Gertrude Blanch
Gertrude Blanch (2 February 1897, in Kolno, Russian Empire (now Poland) – 1 January 1996) was an American mathematician who did pioneering work in numerical analysis and computation.
Gertrude of Austria
thumb|Duchess Gertrud, Markgravine of Moravia and Baden (from the Babenberger Stammbaum kept in Klosterneuburg Abbey).
Gertrude Chataway
Gertrude Chataway (1866–1951) was the most important child-friend in the life of the author Lewis Carroll, after Alice Liddell.
Gertrude Melville
Gertrude Mary Melville (née Day; 7 October 1884 – 21 August 1959) was an Australian politician of the Labor Party.
Gertrude (Hamlet)
In William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Gertrude is Hamlet's mother and Queen of Denmark.
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