Gesina is a Dutch feminine given name. Like the

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form Gesine it originated, perhaps via the

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"Ge" and diminutive "Gesie", from

Geertruida Geertruida is a Dutch feminine given name cognate to English Gertrude. It was a common name, but its use has declined steadily since about 1950.

/ Gertrude.Explanation of the name Gesina
at the Meertens Institute database of given names in the Netherlands. People with the name include: * Johanna Gesina Bonger (1862–1925), wife of Theo van Gogh, key player in the growth of Vincent van Gogh's fame * Gesina ter Borch (1633–1690), Dutch watercolorist and draftswoman, sister of Gerard ter Borch * Gesina Maria "Ina" van Faassen (1928–2011), Dutch actress and comedian * Gesina "Ina" ter Laak-Spijk (1931–2002), Dutch short and middle distance runner *

Henriëtte Gesina Numans Henriëtte Gesina Numans (15 August 1877 – 11 May 1955) was a Dutch painter. Numans was born in Sintang Regency. She was trained in The Hague at the drawing school there in 1899–1900. She married the painter Waalko Jans Dingemans and they liv ...

(1877–1955), Dutch painter

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