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Gertrude

Gertrude ranks #427 out of 693 girl cat names in our data (the #1 girl cat name is Luna). Across all 2 places, 4 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #605 among girl dog names.
Gertrude's popularity trend

Gertrude's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank.

0.005%0.01%0.015%2013201520172019
Cats in our data
4
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#427
of 693 girl cat names
5-year rank move
+2,497
2014 → 2019
Gender split
100% female
100% female0% male

Gender split comes from 13 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Gertrude mean?
/ˈɡɝtɹud/2 syllablesOrigin: Germanic languages

Gertrude means “spear + strength” (from Germanic languages gaizaz + þrūþiz).

Etymology & pronunciation from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Where Gertrude shows up

Cats named Gertrude per place, against that place's total.

PlaceShare
SeattleWA, US0.02%
TorontoON, CA0.01%

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Gertrude means, by theme

Strength