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What does Trude mean?

Trude Pronunciation of Trude as a girls' name is of Old German derivation, and the meaning of the name Trude is "strong spear". Trude is an alternate form of Gertrude (Old German): from gār. Trude is also a variation of Trudy (Old German).

STARTS WITH Tr-

ASSOCIATED WITH strong, spear (warrior)

Variations

OTHER FORMS VIA GERTRUDE, TRUDY Traudl, Tru, Truda, Trudey, Trudi, Trudie, Trudye, Truus

CREATIVE FORMS
(female) Tarde, ..

(male) Truke, ..


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Trude Taylin (T.T.), ..

How popular is Trude?

Trude is an unusual first name for females but a very prominent surname for both adults and children (#47654 out of 150436, Top 32%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Which version is better?

Prominent related forms of Trude (OUTSIDE TOP 2000) listed in the Top 2000 are Gertrude, Tru, Trudi, Trudie and Trudy. Other variants, like Trudey, are seldom used. These relations of Trude were favored as birth names during the years 1890-1899 (ADOPTION OF 0.9%), but now, versions like Trudy have become somewhat dated. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Gertrude, Tru, Trudi, Trudie, Trudy in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Trude and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Recommended sound-alike names are Aude, Bride, Maude, Taube, Tilde, Trace, Trine, Trule, Truley, Truly and Truth. These names tend to be more commonly used than Trude.

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