Traudl

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Diminutive of GERTRAUD or WALTRAUD.

GERTRAUD   female   German
German form of GERTRUDE.
GERTRUDE   female   English, Dutch
Means "spear of strength", derived from the Germanic elements ger "spear" and thrud "strength". Saint Gertrude the Great was a 13th-century nun and mystic writer. It was probably introduced to England by settlers from the Low Countries in the 15th century. Shakespeare used the name in his play 'Hamlet' (1600) for the mother of the title character. A famous bearer was the American writer Gertrude Stein (1874-1946).
WALTRAUD   female   German
From the Germanic element wald "power, ruler" or walha "foreign" combined with thrud "strength".
FULL FORMS
GERMAN: Gertraud, Gertrud, Waltraud
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Geretrudis, Gertrud, Waldedrudis
CZECH: Gertruda
DUTCH: Geertje, Geertruida, Gertie, Gertrude, Gertruida, Trudie, Trudy, Truus
ENGLISH: Gertie, Gertrude, Trudi, Trudie, Trudy
FINNISH: Kerttu
GERMAN: Trudi
HUNGARIAN: Gertrúd
ITALIAN: Geltrude
LITHUANIAN: Gertrūda
NORWEGIAN: Trude
POLISH: Gertruda
PORTUGUESE: Gertrudes
SLOVAK: Gertrúda
SPANISH: Gertrudis