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What do you think of Gertrude?

14 replies

auntmelie · 10/02/2010 20:05

What do you think of Gertrude as a girl's name? It's listed on Mumsnet's Baby Name Finder.

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ThatVikRinA22 · 10/02/2010 20:06

not keen....will get shortened to Gerty...and still not keen.

MrsKitty · 10/02/2010 20:06

Not a fan. Gertie as a nn is quite sweet (think Drew Barrymore in ET), but it's not a particularly attractive name IMO

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auntmelie · 10/02/2010 20:09

I don't mind Gertie or Trudie as a shortening.

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KeyOui · 10/02/2010 20:11

Dirty Gertie...

Would you like to be called Gertrude? I wouldn't! It's very bovine.

BarkisIsWilling · 10/02/2010 20:14

Ermintrude?

jellybeans · 10/02/2010 20:15

DDs friend (age 13) has this as a middle name and has been teased over it since people found out (not by DD).

LetThereBeRock · 10/02/2010 20:16

Hideous.

pattymc · 10/02/2010 20:16

the cow
or dirty gertie

Buda · 10/02/2010 20:18

Yuck. Sorry.

poutine · 10/02/2010 20:20

pretty bad.

birdofthenorth · 17/02/2010 17:31

Not pretty. Sorry.

mrsvwoolf · 17/02/2010 17:40

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motherlovebone · 17/02/2010 21:28

its like Roberta, or Mona, it doesnt give a shit what anyone thinks, its a punk name.

bags of character, and Trudy as a nickname is the cherry on top.

RachieB · 17/02/2010 21:50

I named my old Golf Gerty!

also reminds me of Gertrude Gooseberry from the Garden Gang books! lol

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