Message: "Geertruij" - Behind the Name

[Facts] Geertruij

by LMS

4/14/2016, 5:41 PM

I have this name in my ancestry research in the 1700s, but I don't know the gender. Can anyone help?

#Geertruij

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- Little_Miss_Adelaide

4/18/2016, 7:51 PM

Sounds like Gertrude, which is definitely female.

- Rene +2

4/14/2016, 10:08 PM

I don't have first-hand knowledge of Dutch to confirm this, but this usually trustworthy source gives "female":
http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/Geertruij

Google searches for "Geertruij" also only turn up pages talking about "her" and "she" in connection with this name, as far as I can see.

Anyway, the site above gives it as a variant of "Gertrud", and at least in German there is no male variant of Gertrud in sight anywhere :)

This message was edited 4/14/2016, 10:10 PM

- Anneza, nsi (guest) +1

4/15/2016, 4:18 AM

In modern Dutch it'd be Geertruida or Gertruida, and both would shorten to the nn Truitje I think. The /ij/ combination in Dutch indicates a /y/ sound, more or less.

Anyway, it's a form of Gertrude for sure!

- Quill (QuillHeart)

4/15/2016, 12:50 PM

As a native Dutch speaker I second both of these replies!

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