Waltraud
A German name worn by just 143 people in Poland, nearly all of them women. No newborns have received it since at least 2000, so meeting one means meeting someone from an older generation. Its Germanic roots carry the sense of "powerful ruler, mighty strength".
Waltraud Pronunciation
Waltraud is pronounced vahlt-RAH-oot (/valtˈraut/).
What Waltraud means
Where Waltraud comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Waltraud is a Germanic name built from two old pieces of strength. The first, walt, comes from the Old High German waltan, to rule or hold power. The second, traud, points to might. Put together they give the meaning the name still holds: powerful ruler, mighty strength.
There was a real Waltraud behind the calendars of saints. Waltrude of Mons, written in Latin as Waldetrudis, lived in the seventh century in what is now Belgium. She founded a religious community, and the city of Mons grew around it. Her feast falls on the ninth of April.
In Poland the name stays rare. A Waltraud turns up now and then on a class register in Silesia, where German names kept their footing. The spelling holds firm. No Polish diminutive softened it, so the name arrives whole, meaning powerful ruler.
How many people are named Waltraud
1 in 161027 women in Poland is named Waltraud. 143 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2741 among female names.
Waltraud as a middle name
Waltraud is a first name for 143 women in Poland and a middle name for another 53, a 73/27 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 942nd, between Oleksandra (53) and Chisom (52).
-
#940 Ngoc53
-
#941 Oleksandra53
-
#942 Waltraud53
-
#943 Chisom52
-
#944 Haya52