Gertie
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the female given name Gertrude. Diminutive + -ie.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Gertie (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 694 |
| 2000 | 689 |
| 2001 | 678 |
| 2002 | 673 |
| 2003 | 668 |
| 2004 | 664 |
| 2005 | 659 |
| 2006 | 658 |
| 2007 | 648 |
| 2008 | 640 |
| 2009 | 635 |
| 2010 | 628 |
| 2011 | 617 |
| 2012 | 608 |
| 2013 | 600 |
| 2014 | 589 |
| 2015 | 581 |
| 2016 | 569 |
| 2017 | 547 |
| 2018 | 533 |
| 2019 | 523 |
| 2020 | 510 |
Gertie in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Gertie.Hi! My name is Gertie.
- Gertie bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Gertie lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Gertie har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Gertie has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Gerties mamma är lärare.Gertie's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Gerties mamma is Gertie's mum.
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Questions about Gertie
How do you pronounce Gertie in Swedish?
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What does the name Gertie mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the female given name Gertrude. Diminutive + -ie.
How popular is Gertie in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Gertie in 2022. In 2020, 510 people in Sweden had Gertie as the first name they go by.
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.