Girl · Old High German
Edeltraud
Say it: AY-del-trowt
Meaning
From Germanic adal 'noble' and trud 'strength'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Coined from old elements and popular in Germany and Austria in the 1920s to 1940s.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Edeltraut, Edeltrud
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
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