Given name & surname
Trude
“one who is strong with a spear”
In German use, Trude is an affectionate form of Gertrude. One German interpretation is “one who is strong with a spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Trude is an affectionate form of Gertrude. One German interpretation is “one who is strong with a spear.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In German use, Trude is an affectionate form of Gertrude. An origin associated with Gertrude is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In German usage, Trude is a diminutive of Gertrude. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Trude is a short form of GJERTRUD.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1940. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In German use, Trude is an affectionate form of Gertrude. The history of Gertrude gives this family its wider story. Gertrude was in use during the 19th century.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Trude through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 272
- 0 boys · 272 girls
- Most popular year
- 1957
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1974. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 19 in 1957. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 363 as a first name in 2020; 395 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Trude’s family of names
In German usage, Trude is a diminutive of Gertrude. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Trude shares a linguistic root with the English form Trudy. Trude has a related form in Trudy.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Trude has relatives in 7 languages.
6 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Trude
- Trude Beiseralpine skierborn 1927
- Trude DybendahlNorwegian cross-country skier1966–2024
- Trude Hesterbergactress (1892–1967)
- Trude GundersenTaekwondo practitionerborn 1977
- Trude FleischmannAustrian-born American photographer (1895-1990)
- Trude DothanAustrian-Israeli archaeologist (1922-2016)
- Trude HerrGerman actress and singer (1927-1991)
- Trude MarsteinNorwegian writer and translatorborn 1973
- Trude Sojkaczech-Ecuadorian painter and sculptor (1909-2007)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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