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Waltraud - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Waltraud
 
 


The girl name Waltraud [ syll. wal-trau(d), wa-ltra-ud ] is pronounced WAOLTRAO-D KEY. Waltraud's language of origin is Germanic and it is used mainly in the German language. Derived from wald meaning 'to rule' + walh meaning 'foreigner' + trud meaning 'strength, power'. An original form of Waltraud is the Germanic Waltrudis. The name is from the first element 'wald' or 'walh', and the second element 'thrud'. A variation of the name is the German Waldtraud.

Waltraud is unusual as a baby name for girls. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names.

A baby name that sounds like Waltraud is the German Waldtraud.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Waltraud: W as in "we (W.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)"


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