Trude Family History
Trude Name Meaning
German: from a short form of the female personal name Gertrude composed of the ancient Germanic elements gēr ‘spear’ + trud ‘strength’ the latter being subsequently reinterpreted as traut ‘dear’ yielding the form Gertraut (see Draudt ). English (Devon): variant of Trodd a topographic name for someone who lived by a path or track (Middle English Old English trod); or perhaps from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atte rode either ‘at the clearing’ (Old English rod rodu) or ‘at the reed bed’ (Old English hrēod).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022