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Geerta (female)

Variants:Gerharde (F) Gertrude (F)
Diminutive for:Geertruida (F)
Pet Name(s):Geertje (F) Geertke (F) Gesa (F)
Masculine form:Geert (M) Gerard (M) Gerhard (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Low German and Dutch form of Gertrude [q.v.], from Old German "spear maiden" or "spear strength", also a diminutive of the Dutch forename Geertruida.

Also Dutch and Low German feminine form of Gerhard and Gerard [q.v.].
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