All around the world, غيرتي (Gertie 
, Gerty , غيرتي 
) is quite a common principally girly, but very infrequently boy's given name. The first name غيرتي is habitual in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare dominantly feminine, but seldom male name, South Africa, where it is quite a rare girly name, and Israel. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United States, and South Africa. Very seldom, غيرتي is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Gertie, Gerty | Germany, South Africa, United States, Netherlands, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| غيرتي | Iraq, Iran |
غيرتي is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Gertie Shortman , the fictional character in Hey Arnold!; GERTY , the character in the 2009 film Moon; Gerty MacDowell , character in Ulysses; Gertie , the musical character in the musical Tenderloin by Jerry Bock; a vivacious young prostitute and Gertie Cummings , the musical character in the musical Oklahoma! by Richard Rodgers, among other works.