Trude is a Germanic Old Norse feminine given name meaning "strength". 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.^[2]

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

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