Girl · Old High German
Waltraud
Say it: VAL-trowt
Meaning
From Germanic wald 'rule' and trud 'strength'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
An old name (Saint Waltrude) revived in Germany in the early 20th century.
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: Waltraut, Waltrud
Famous bearers
- Waltraud Meier, German mezzo-soprano
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
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