Waltruda
Fewer than thirty women in Poland carry this name, and no girl has been given it this century. A Germanic name meaning "powerful ruler", now almost gone from daily life.
Waltruda Pronunciation
Waltruda is pronounced vahlt-ROO-dah (/valtˈruda/).
What Waltruda means
Where Waltruda comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Waltruda comes from Germanic roots. Two elements sit inside it: wald, meaning ruler or power, and þrūþ, meaning strength. Together they give the short meaning the name still carries, a powerful ruler.
The name has an early bearer worth naming. Saint Waltrude, known in French as Waudru, was a Frankish noblewoman who died around 688. She founded a convent, and the Belgian city of Mons grew around it. Her feast falls on 9 April.
In Poland Waltruda stays rare. A child with the name might find herself the only Waltruda on the class register. The sound is old and blunt. It does not soften itself.
Nothing in the two elements suggests mildness. Both halves mean force. A woman named Waltruda answers to a word that meant a strong ruler more than a thousand years ago, and the sense has not moved: silna, potężna władczyni.
How many people are named Waltruda
1 in 777374 women in Poland is named Waltruda. 29 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #7757 among female names.
Waltruda as a middle name
Waltruda is a first name for 29 women in Poland and a middle name for another 6, an 83/17 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 3451st, between Waltrand (6) and Wasiliki (6).
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#3449 Walli6
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#3450 Waltrand6
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#3451 Waltruda6
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#3452 Wasiliki6
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#3453 Winona6