Details for the forename Geerta

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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.].