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(Male Host) Gertrude.
(Female Host) Strength of the spear.
(Male) Beloved warrior.
(Female Host) Although the name Gertrude has not been wildly popular since
taking off in the 1920s, it still has the same power and meaning behind it.
(Male) There's something about the name that just makes you think of strength.
(Female Host) In William Shakespeare's notorious tragedy, Hamlet's mother is named
Gertrude.
(Male) This is also the name of the heroine in Hans Christian Andersen's
fairy tale The Snow Queen.
(Female Host) I can't think of another name with the same power and force behind it
as this one.
(Male Host) That's because Gertrude is a name embedded in history, dating
back as early as the year 1256.
(Female Host) You're speaking in reference to Saint Gertrude?
(Male) Yep. She wrote The Revelations of Saint Gertrude based on powerful
revelations she received from God.
(Female Host) She isn't the only saint by this name. Starting in the 7th
century in Belgium she is known as the patron saint of travel.
(Male) If you want to travel on to other names you can click below for a
random spin.
(Female Host) Or click up there for a selection of the most popular names
to date.
(Male) You're speaking