# Geertruida

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'''Geertruida''' is a [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language) feminine given name cognate to English [Gertrude](/source/Gertrude_(given_name)). It was a common name, but its use has declined steadily since about 1950.<ref>[https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/grietje Grietje] at the [Meertens Institute](/source/Meertens_Institute) database of given names in the Netherlands</ref> Bearers often used short forms in daily life, like ''Geer'', ''Geerie'', ''Geertje'', ''Troy'', ''Troie'', ''Trudy'', ''Trudie'', ''Trui'', ''Truid'', and ''[Truus](/source/Truus)''. People with the name include:

*[Geertruida "Truus" Bauer](/source/Geertruida_Bauer) (1945–1989), Dutch rower
*[Geertruida "Truid" Blaisse-Terwindt](/source/Truid_Blaisse-Terwindt) (1917–2002), Dutch tennis player
*[Geertruida Carelsen](/source/Geertruida_Carelsen) (1843–1938), Dutch author
*[Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint](/source/Anna_Louisa_Geertruida_Bosboom-Toussaint)  (1812–1866), Dutch novelist
*[Geertruida de Haas-Lorentz](/source/Geertruida_de_Haas-Lorentz) (1885–1973), Dutch physicist
*[Geertruida "Truida" Heil-Bonnet](/source/Truida_Heil-Bonnet) (1920–2014), Dutch gymnast
*[Geertruida "Truus" Hennipman](/source/Geertruida_Hennipman) (born 1943), Dutch sprinter
*[Geertruida "Truus" Klapwijk](/source/Truus_Klapwijk) (1904–1991), Dutch freestyle swimmer
*[Geertruida "Truus" Looijs](/source/Truus_Looijs) (born 1946), Dutch swimmer
*[Geertruida Middendorp](/source/Geertruida_Middendorp) (1911–2007), Dutch resistance member
*[Geertruida "Trudy" Ruth](/source/Geertruida_Ruth) (born 1950), Dutch sprinter
*[Geertruida van Saksen](/source/Gertrude_of_Saxony) (1033–1113), countess consort of Holland
*[Geertruida Wijsmuller-Meijer](/source/Geertruida_Wijsmuller-Meijer) (1896–1978), Dutch war hero and resistance fighter
*[Gertruida van Veen](/source/Gertruida_van_Veen) (1602–1643), Flemish painter
*[Geertruida Wijthoff](/source/Geertruida_Wijthoff) (1859–1953), Dutch mathematician and teacher

== Male ==
*[Geertruida Maria "Ruud" Geels](/source/Ruud_Geels) (1948–2023), Dutch footballer

== Other names ==
* [Geertruid Adriaansdochter](/source/Geertruid_Adriaansdochter) (died 1573), Dutch farmer
* [Geertruy Haeck](/source/Geertruy_Haeck), Dutch patrician woman
* [Geertruydt Roghman](/source/Geertruydt_Roghman) (1625–1657), Dutch painter
* [Gertruid Bolwater](/source/Gertruid_Bolwater) (died 1511), Dutch heroine

==See also==
*[1267 Geertruida](/source/1267_Geertruida), a main-belt asteroid
*[Geertruida Gerarda (1904 ship)](/source/Geertruida_Gerarda_(1904_ship))

==References==
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Category:Dutch feminine given names
Category:Feminine given names

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