{{for|the 1926 German film|Trude (film)}} {{Infobox name | name = Trude | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation= | gender = Female | meaning = | region = Denmark, Norway, Germany and German-speaking countries | origin = Old Norse | related names = Trud, Trudi, Thrude, Gertrude, Gertrud, Þrúður | name day = Norway and Sweden: 17 March<ref name="Day">{{Cite web |url=https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Trude |publisher=Nordic Names |title=Trude |accessdate=30 July 2019}}</ref> }}
'''Trude''' is a Germanic Old Norse feminine given name meaning "strength".<ref name="Ellefson 2012">{{cite book |last=Ellefson |first=C. |title=A Genealogist's Guide to Scandinavian Names: A Reference for First Names from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden |publisher=Penguin Publishing Group |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-4403-3112-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zBljDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT22 |access-date=20 November 2022 |page=22}}</ref> The name is now most commonly found in Germany and German-speaking countries and in Norway. It is sometimes used as a diminutive of the given names Gertrude and Gertrud.<ref name="Meaning">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thenamemeaning.com/trude/ |publisher=The Name Meaning |title=Trude |date=2019 |accessdate=30 July 2019}}</ref>
== Notable people named Trude == * Trude Beiser (born 1927), Austrian alpine ski racer * Trude Berliner (1903–1977), German actress * Trude Dothan (1922–2016), Israeli archaeologist * Trude Drevland (born 1947), Norwegian nurse and politician * Trude Dybendahl (born 1966), Norwegian cross-country skier * Trude Eick (born 1969), Norwegian musician and composer * Trude Eipperle (1908–1997), German operatic soprano * Trude Feldman (1924–2022), American reporter, columnist and correspondent * Trude Fleischmann (1895–1990), Austrian-American photographer * Trude Gimle (born 1974), Norwegian alpine skier * Trude Guermonprez (1910–1976), German-American textile artist and designer * Trude Gundersen (born 1977), Norwegian taekwondo practitioner * Trude Haefelin (1914–2008), German actress * Trude Harstad (born 1974), Norwegian biathlete * Trude Herr (1927–1991), German actress, singer and theatre owner * Trude Hestengen (born 1983), Norwegian dressage rider * Trude Hesterberg (1892–1967), German actress * Trude Klecker (born 1926), Austrian alpine skier * Gertrude Kleinová (aka Trude Kleinová; 1918–1976), Czech table tennis player * Gertrude Kolar (aka Trude Kolar; 1926–2014), Austrian artistic gymnast * Trude Brænne Larssen (born 1967), Norwegian novelist * Trude Lash, (1908–2004), German political activist and associate of Eleanor Roosevelt * Trude Lehmann (1892–1987), German actress * Gertrude Liebhart (aka Trude Liebhart; 1928–?), Austrian sprint canoer * Trude Malcorps (born 1921), Dutch swimmer * Trude Marlen (1912–2005), Austrian actress * Trude Marstein (born 1973), Norwegian author * Trude Mohr (1902–1989) German Nazi Party League of German Girls leader * Trude Möhwaldová (1915–?), Czech alpine skier * Trude von Molo (1906–1989), Austrian actress * Trude Mostue (born 1968), Norwegian veterinary surgeon and television personality * Trude Raad (born 1990), Norwegian track and field athlete * Trude Richter (1899–1989), German writer, literary scholar and political activist * Trude Rittmann (1908–2005), German-American composer * Trude Sojka (1909–2007), Czech–Ecuadorian painter and sculptor * Trude Stendal (born 1963), Norwegian footballer * Trude Trefall (aka Manjari; born 1978), Norwegian singer * Trude Unruh (1925–2021), German politician * Trude Weiss-Rosmarin (1908–1989), German-American writer, editor, scholar and feminist activist * Trude Wollschläger (1912–1975), German swimmer
== Fictional characters == * Trude, a character in the Australian television situation comedy ''Kath & Kim''
== See also == * {{look from|Trude}} * {{intitle|Trude}}
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