Gertie

My name is Gertrude and people call me Gertie and I'm young so all of you who are calling my name ugly, it's not, and a lot of my friends also call me Gert and it's nice. So go take your opinions elsewhere!

Dated is pronounced GUR-tee.

Omg.. this name is really ugly. Gertie sounds like a old german lady.

Personally, I think this name is adorable! My best friend is named Gertie and to say it's an old ladies' name seems weird, because old people were young at some point as well. Gertie is a wonderful shortened version of Gertrude but I don't think Trudy sounds right.

Whooooooooa boy. Where do you get started?
Gertie? Just think of the nicknames (Gerthy Gertie- I get chills)
Gert is just not an attractive sound, I'm sorry.
I don't much like the full form Gertrude, either. (Greta is cute though)
In general, just stay far away from the name.

Horrible, cutesy, idiotic nickname. This has got to be one of the worst nicknames I have ever came across.

Gertie is very cute as a nickname for beautiful names like Gertrude and Gertrud.

Gertie is pretty cute. A bit outdated and strange, but cute. All the longer names like Gertrude and Greda are awful.

Childish and immature. Gertrude is bad enough, and this nickname gives me the image of a chubby, rude little girl who likes to sling dirt and always has food on her face.

The nickname is simply far too immature for a grown woman, and if this was the woman's official name, she'd have a hard time trying to be taken seriously. Anyway, this isn't the prettiest of names with its long schwa sound.

I think the name Gertie is wonderful. To me, it would suit a girl at any age. I also prefer Gertie to Gertrude.

I rather like this nickname, actually. I've liked it ever since reading "All of a Kind Family", in which one of the younger sisters was called Gertie. I must disagree, VeryGorgeous; Gertie is not such a "dorky" name as, say, Gerard. ;)

Why would anybody name their kid this? It's so dorky!