Entry № 0876 · Italian, Germanic origin

Geltrude Geltrude — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ jel-TROO-deh /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Italian, Germanic

Meaning

"Spear-strength (Italian Gertrude)"

Syllables

Rank · US 2025

№ 0

First recorded

Medieval (Italian)

The meaning

A name that means "spear-strength (italian gertrude)".

Geltrude is the Italian form of Gertrude — Old German ger (spear) and trud (strength), "spear-strength." Saint Gertrude the Great (1256-1302) was the German Cistercian mystic.

Suor Gertrude appears in Manzoni's The Betrothed (1827).

Spear-strength. Saint Gertrude the Great.

Popularity

Where Geltrude stands.

Current rank · 2025

№ 0 in the U.S.

All-time peak

№ 0 in 0

Babies named Geltrude · last year

87 in the U.S.

First entered SSA top-1000

Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular

Namesakes

Geltrudes before her.

Real people

Saint Gertrude the Great

German Cistercian mystic.

1256 – 1302

In fiction

Suor Geltrude

Character in Manzoni's The Betrothed.

1827 novel

Names connected to Geltrude.

Numerology

The number behind Geltrude.

The Nurturer

Geltrude reduces to six — the number of Italian Gertrude.

Parents on Geltrude

Why families chose this name.

"Italian Gertrude. Eight letters. Geltrude."

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