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Middle name for Gertrude

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BumbleBea123 · 01/12/2019 21:31

I’m expecting a baby girl soon and quite like the name Gertrude. The only problem is that I can’t find a middle name that suits it. Please help!

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ShippingNews · 02/12/2019 00:10

Gertrude.
Gertie.
Gert.

Sorry but I can't see anything nice about this name. Please think of another one.

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HotSince82 · 02/12/2019 00:11

Gertrude Romilly

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HotSince82 · 02/12/2019 00:13

Please NN her Rudy!

Such a great name and ignore the naysayers OP.

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Chocmallows · 02/12/2019 00:52

Trudy Rose

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GrumpyHoonMain · 02/12/2019 01:08

Something classic but short that your dd could use instead of her first name if she didn’t like it.

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lottiegarbanzo · 02/12/2019 01:11

Sorry but Gert-Rude. Dirty Gertie. It's not a kind name to give to a child.

So, something nice for a middle name, that she can use instead.

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NC4Now · 02/12/2019 01:13

I don’t think I’d like it if my parents had called me Gertrude. They might, but I wouldn’t like to live with it. Is there any reason for it, or is it a joke name?

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NC4Now · 02/12/2019 01:14

Yep, •Lottie* I instantly thought ‘Dirty Gertie from number 30...’

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lottiegarbanzo · 02/12/2019 01:19

Yes, I don't even know where that comes from but it's powerfully embedded in my brain. Some horrible 70s comedian I expect.

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puds11 · 02/12/2019 01:48

I forgot how much I love the name Wallace!

I’m genuinely shocked people like the name Gertrude. Is it the new Hebe of mn Confused

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CatherineOfAragonsPrayerBook · 02/12/2019 01:50

Gertrude is lovely and just right for a comeback in the same way Ada and Agatha have. It has that antiquated fairy dust sort of feel, like Gretal, Prunella, Aurora, Love it!

I think a slightly frilly softer middle name, would complement it better than a short one.

Gertrude Ariadne
Gertrude Primrose
Gertrude Demelza
Gertrude Delilah
Gertrude Evelina
Gertrude Maria
Gertrude Celine
Gertrude Vivienne
Gertrude Ophelia
Gertrude Pollyanna

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SleepWarrior · 02/12/2019 02:02

I like it but would avoid any floral middle names as it makes it sound a bit... bovine... sorry.

Anna was a lovely suggestion.

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Strokethefurrywall · 02/12/2019 02:03

I hope you can afford to send her to private school with Betty and Wilfred or she'll probably be laughed at. Kids are not as nice as we'd like them to be

Neither are adults apparently...

Listen, name your daughter what you love. I think Trudie is cute AF and I nobody will bat an eye with all the Betsey, Maud, Ethel and Mabels around!

And Marie is a lovely middle name (may be biased...)

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Anotherthink · 02/12/2019 02:04

I think you need to soften it out as it's a bit harsh sounding.

How about Gertrude Fanny.

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CherryBathBomb · 02/12/2019 02:07

Gertrude?
Please think about this..

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legalseagull · 02/12/2019 02:11

@Anotherthink you cannot call a child fanny in this day and age. The poor child will be the laughing stock of the school. Teenagers are rough without calling you child a common nickname for a vagina!

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pollywobble · 02/12/2019 02:23

Gertrude was my name in our German lessons
I hated it. Guttural, ugly sound. Please don't land it on your little girl
Trudy , as a name in it's own right, is much nicer

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JoGose · 02/12/2019 02:24

Trudy is lovely, not Gertrude

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ShippingNews · 02/12/2019 04:51

I was named after the nurse who delivered me. Whenever I tell people that story, I always end by saying " And I'm so glad that the nurse had a nice name ! Imagine if she'd been called something like Gertrude !"

So no....please not Gertrude. It's ugly and harsh.

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VerityAl · 02/12/2019 05:22

I am named after my bloody brilliant grandmother (Gertrude Verity). I am Verity Violet Gertrude XXXX. I so love my name and am so proud of her role (minor suffaragettte) and of the fact that it is a family name plus an oddity as we are many generations of 'council house' people.

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CatteStreet · 02/12/2019 06:42

It's very rare that I would ever advise against a 'traditional' name, but Gertrude, no, just no. You can't do that to your daughter. Trudy is just about acceptable, but even that is not particularly nice.

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Franklymydearidontgiveadam · 02/12/2019 06:47

I'm so sorry but when I hear Gertrude I think of a an old battle axe or a Ms Trunchbull like woman.

Trudy is cute.... But Gertrude is like others have said, very harsh x

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lottiegarbanzo · 02/12/2019 07:33

In some SW idiom, 'gert' means great / a lot / very, so 'gert rude' = really rude.

There is a set of cute and lovely Edwardian names that have become fashionable in the 'granny chic' revivival. There is also a set of ugly names of the era that hasn't. Gertrude is one of those.

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RickOShay · 02/12/2019 07:40

Would you think about it as a middle name maybe?
I always try to imagine myself with having a name. Would you like to be Gertrude?

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