Entry № 11459 · German origin

Waltraud Waltraud — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

Gender
Girl
Origin
German
Meaning
"The strength of a ruler"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Traditional

A name that means "the strength of a ruler".

Waltraud is a name of German origin, meaning the strength of a ruler.

The strength of a ruler — a German name.

The name in its native script.

Waltraud
Transliteration
Waltraud
Pronunciation
/ /
Root
Grammatical form

What Waltraud is built from.

Waltraud is a compound name. Its parts are wald + þrúðr — each an attested element with a recorded meaning of its own.

wald
Germanic
“rule”
þrúðr
Germanic
“strength”

Where Waltraud stands.

Waltraud does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Waltrauds before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Waltraud.

The number behind Waltraud.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Waltraud reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.