Given name & surname
Trudi
“one who is strong with a spear”
In German use, Trudi 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, Trudi 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, Trudi is an affectionate form of Gertrude. An origin associated with Gertrude is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Trudi is an affectionate form of Ermintrude.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1938. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In German use, Trudi 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
Trudi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,215
- 0 boys · 3,215 girls
- Most popular year
- 1965
- 140 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 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 140 in 1965. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,034 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Trudi’s family of names
Trudi is an affectionate form of Gertrude. In English usage, Trudi has a related form in Trudy. Trudi is an affectionate form of Ermintrude.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 17
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Trudi
- Trudi CanavanAustralian writerborn 1969
- Trudi MusgraveAustralian female tennis playerborn 1977
- Trudi CarterJamaican association football player (1994-)
- Trudi GudaSurinamese poet & anthropologistborn 1940
- Trudi GersterSwiss actor and politician (1919-2013)
- Trudi RothSwiss actress (1930-2016)
- Trudi MareeSouth African swimmerborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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