Middle name for Gertrude

[BumbleBea123]

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!

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

But how come threads about Bertie or Rudy get such positive responses on here? Much more obvious teasing potential!

I like Gertrude and think it's a refreshing change from all the cutesy Evies, Ellies and Poppies.

Gertrude Joy
Gertrude Clara
Gertrude Rose

I love Gertrude! It's my gaming name.
And it's not always harsh. The local dialect where I live pronounces it Her- truud- a. That very soft.
However, I would be more inclined to use it as a middle name. I just don't think it will go down to well in the UK.

Because there's no well-known comic character called 'Dirty Bertie from number 30', perhaps? 'Dirty Gertie' is very well-established in people's minds.

So why would parents name their child Bertie?

Oh right, it was from Basil Brush. Boom boom!

Why wouldn't they name them Bertie (short for Robert)? It's cute and has no obvious negative associations.

Anne

I hope you can afford to send her to private school with Betty and Wilfred

My DS has a Wilfred and a Betty in his class! Not private school though. I think you may be mistaken if you think any community that doesn’t enjoy bullying people is posh.

Gertrude is bloody awful. I bet all the people who are saying it's a lovely name have DDs named Olivia or Emily.

Gertrude is a fantastic name. If I had had another girl, she would have been Gertie.

Lots of good middle name suggestions here.

That's a nasty little comment, user. (and no, I don't have DDs named Olivia or Emily, or indeed anything in the top 100 girls' names).

Can't believe OP has asked for help with a middle name and yet so many people think it's their right to comment on how they hate the first name. Ridiculous and rude.

* I* bet all the people who are saying it's a lovely name have DDs named Olivia or Emily.

No, I don't. Nor any name in the top 100! I personally find Olivia and Emily quite boring and overused.

My dd is not Olivia. I do like Gertie, but I’m not sure about Gertrude. But actually it’s growing on me. Not sure that my opinion is all that important though
The name that got away for me is Gloria. Magnificent name.

I love the name Gloria! DH wasn’t keen then we had a boy anyway.

Yep, south-west Gertrude = gert rude, which means very rude.

Gertrude Fanny

Ah that's brilliant.

I remember being at school and all the girls in my class had patent, leather shoes with a cross bar that could be moved turning the shoes into pumps.

But not me, I had leather, clumpy things with a T bar.........Gertrude is the name equivalent of my clumpy T bars. Honestly, don't do it !

Gertrude is an ugly name. Harsh and hard sounding.

@RiddleyW
We will just have to get more pets

Gertrude is fucking BRILLIANT, I'm stealing it for the shortlist for potential future DC2

I think it would go wonderfully with something very plain Jane and dull in the middle to balance out the strength of it, such as Sarah, Rachel, Emma or, indeed, Jane.

Or something floral: Fleur, Violet, Posy or Rose.

I think you can get away with a longer middle name than some people have suggested, but it probably needs to be a fairly different “type” of name to Gertrude. How about:

Gertrude Millicent (I have no idea why but this is the first name that popped into my head!)

Gertrude Alexandra
Gertrude Madeleine
Gertrude Louisa
Gertrude Charlotte
Gertrude Eleanor

I like the previous suggestions of Gertrude Violet and Gertrude Rachel too!

Gertrude? OMG!

Trudie yes but Gertrude is a fugly name