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Geertje - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Geertje

[ syll. gee-(r)tje, ge-ert-je ] The girl name Geertje is pronounced GIH-RTJHey KEY. Geertje is of Germanic origin and it is used largely in the Dutch language. Geertje is a pet form of Gertrude (Dutch, English, French, German, and Italian).

Geertje is not regularly used as a baby name for girls. It is not listed in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Geertje include Geertke (Dutch), Greetje (Frisian), Gretje (Frisian), Grietje (Frisian), and Gurutze (Basque).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Geertje: G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)"


 
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