Comments on: Name of the Day: Gertrude

By: countrylizb

countrylizb — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 09:16:50 +0000

I love Gertrude. It’s one of my favorite names. It has been for a long time. The Gert makes me of gurgle, like a brook or baby laughing.

By: Sunday Summary: 6/5/11 | Appellation Mountain

Sunday Summary: 6/5/11 | Appellation Mountain — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:58:03 +0000

[...] were, but they’re also about as stylish as you can get right now, and betcha she overlooked a Gertrude or a Beulah in the mix, [...]

By: Baby Name of the Day: Madison | Appellation Mountain

Baby Name of the Day: Madison | Appellation Mountain — Fri, 13 May 2011 11:31:48 +0000

[...] Something tells me that Madison, however reviled she may be on message boards, is actually another Jennifer – a name we never considered until she was so common that the name became perfectly ordinary. Twenty years from now, I suspect we’ll be hearing “I was one of three Madisons in my high school; I want my child to have an unusual name, like Gertrude.” [...]

By: Baby Name of the Day: Grainne | Appellation Mountain

Baby Name of the Day: Grainne | Appellation Mountain — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:05:24 +0000

[...] Should the movie succeed, Grainne could be far more accessible to American parents. For now, she’s never appeared in the US Top 1000, but she’s been in the Irish top 100. There’s also the equally rare, but sometimes-seen respelling Grania, or possibly Granya. In another era, Grainne was sometimes Anglicized as Gertrude. [...]

By: Baby Name of the Day: Elsinore « Appellation Mountain

Baby Name of the Day: Elsinore « Appellation Mountain — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:18:08 +0000

[...] have borrowed plenty of names from the pages of Shakespeare’s plays: Gertrude and Ophelia from Hamlet, as well as Jessica, Juliet, Portia, and more. But it is Elsinore’s [...]

By: Baby Name of the Day: Antoinette « Appellation Mountain

Baby Name of the Day: Antoinette « Appellation Mountain — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:16:39 +0000

[...] solid, clunky names topped the charts in the 1910s – Mildred occupied the Top Ten, and Gertrude and Ethel weren’t far behind – Josephine, Lucille, Marguerite, Blanche, and Genevieve [...]

By: Briana

Briana — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 02:01:47 +0000

As a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism, I chose the name Giertrud, a Scandinavian form of Gertrude.

By: Anya

Anya — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 15:50:45 +0000

I don’t think Gertrude is that bad, it can be sort of pretty-ish if you say it over and over with a smile on your face . I guess you can shorten it to Gigi (if not the other million and one nicknames, Trudy, Gertie, etc…) I’d use it in the middle spot- Elizabeth or Jane or something like that with Gertrude in the middle? Not so bad… Well, maybe not Elizabeth or Jane

By: Sebastiane

Sebastiane — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:09:24 +0000

I quite like the name Gertrude. I always have, especially with the nn Trudy. This one of those names that I probably would not use myself but would be thrilled to see someone else use it.

By: UrbanAngel

UrbanAngel — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:39:52 +0000

This is one of those names that I wonder if it isn’t age-related or style related in terms of those who like. I really don’t mean to stereotype, but I often saw on YA that many people didn’t like it – the majority. Those who did, had a strong love for vintage names or were over the age of 40. Out of all the vintage names. I think it won’t be one that would be use a lot. I think you’d have the reaction that Uma Thurman did in the movie Motherhood, where she was getting a birthday cake at the bakery & they misspelled her daughters name to Clarra as opposed to Clara. The people in line said that this is what happens when you give your kid an ‘Edna’ name. Overall, the movie wasn’t that good, but the names in the movie stood out for me for many reasons.The movie absolutely correlated with an article I read at nameberry about names in New York.