Geertruida is a
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People E ...
feminine given name cognate to English
Gertrude. It was a common name, but its use has declined steadily since about 1950.
Grietje
at the Meertens Institute
The Meertens Institute (Dutch ''Meertens Instituut'') in Amsterdam is a research institute for Dutch language and culture within the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (''Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen'' or KNAW).
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database of given names in the Netherlands Bearers often used short forms in daily life, like ''Geertje'', ''Troy'', ''Trudy'', ''Trui'', and '' Truus''. People with the name include:
* Geertruida "Truus" Bauer (1945–1989), Dutch rower
* Geertruida "Truid" Blaisse-Terwindt (1917–2002), Dutch tennis player
* Geertruida Carelsen (1843–1938), Dutch author
* Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint (1812–1866), Dutch novelist
*Geertruida de Haas-Lorentz
Geertruida Luberta de Haas-Lorentz (20 November 1885 – 1973) was a Dutch physicist and the first to perform fluctuational analysis of electrons as Brownian particles. Consequently she is considered to be the first woman to work in electrical no ...
(1885–1973), Dutch physicist
* Geertruida "Truida" Heil-Bonnet (1920–2014), Dutch gymnast
* Geertruida "Truus" Hennipman (born 1943), Dutch sprinter
* Geertruida "Truus" Klapwijk (1904–1991), Dutch freestyle swimmer
* Geertruida "Truus" Looijs (born 1946), Dutch swimmer
* Geertruida Middendorp (1911–2007), Dutch resistance member
* Geertruida "Trudy" Ruth (born 1950), Dutch sprinter
* Geertruida van Saksen (1033–1113), countess consort of Holland
*Geertruida Wijsmuller-Meijer
Geertruida Wijsmuller-Meijer (21 April 1896, in Alkmaar – 30 August 1978, in Amsterdam) was a Dutch resistance fighter who brought Jewish children and adults into safety before and during the Second World War. Together with other people involve ...
(1896–1978), Dutch war hero and resistance fighter
*Gertruida van Veen
Gertruida van Veen (June 4, 1602 – June 30, 1643) was a painter from the Southern Netherlands.
She was born in Antwerp as the daughter of the painter Otto van Veen. She is best known for her portrait of her father, which is held in the Brussel ...
(1602–1643), Flemish painter
Male
* Geertruida Maria "Ruud" Geels (born 1948), Dutch footballer
Other names
* Geertruid Adriaansdochter (died 1573), Dutch farmer
* Geertruy Haeck, Dutch patrician woman
* Geertruydt Roghman (1625–1657), Dutch painter
* Gertruid Bolwater (died 1511), Dutch heroine
See also
*1267 Geertruida
1267 Geertruida, provisional designation , is a carbonaceous background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 20 kilometers in diameter. Discovered by astronomer Hendrik van Gent at Johannesburg Observatory in 1930, ...
, a main-belt asteroid
* Geertruida Gerarda (1904 ship)
References
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Dutch feminine given names