Given name
Trudie
“one who is strong with a spear”
In English use, Trudie is an affectionate form of Gertrude. One German interpretation is “one who is strong with a spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Trudie 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 English use, Trudie is an affectionate form of Gertrude. An origin associated with Gertrude is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Trudie is an affectionate form of Gertrude.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Trudie 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
Trudie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,148
- 0 boys · 3,148 girls
- Most popular year
- 1950
- 69 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 7 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 69 in 1950. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,602 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.
Trudie’s family of names
In English usage, Trudie is an affectionate form of Gertrude. Trudie has a related form in Trudy.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Trudie
- Trudie StylerBritish actress and producerborn 1954
- Trudie TaljaardSouth African actress1948–2009
- Trudie GoodwinEnglish actressborn 1951
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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