Waltraud

Waltraud is a German female given name .

Origin and meaning

The name comes from Old High German and means “strong ruler”, but is also translated as “the ruling divine”, “the strong on the battlefield” or simply “the strong”; literally "that to which (on the) battlefield Relying slain" to old Germanic whale , Old Norse. VALR , "the slain on the battlefield" and Truen , trûwen "believe, hope, trust," closely related to loyalty , since Osthoff from the Indo-European. root * dereŭo PRINT "firmly, Tree" derived. The secondary meaning “familiar” only arises in New High German .

name day

The name day is April 9th .

variants

Waltrud, Waudru, Waltraut, Waldtraut (in German)
Traudl, Traudi, Traute (in Bavarian)
Waudru (French), Wal [de] trudis (Latin), Thraude (in English)
Wali, Wal (rare), Walli, Trudy / Trudi, Waldi, Waldl

Name bearers

Waltraud

Saint Waltraud von Mons (Sainte Waudru) († 688), saint of the Catholic Church
Waltraud Braun (1918–1987), German dermatologist
Waltraut Haas (* 1927), Austrian actress and singer
Waltraud Klasnic (* 1945), Austrian politician
Waltraud Lehn (* 1947), German politician (SPD)
Waltraud Meier (* 1956), German opera singer
Waltraud Anna Mitgutsch (* 1948), Austrian writer
Waltraud Neuwirth (* 1941), Austrian art historian
Waltraud Nowarra (1940-2007), German chess player
Waltraud Rohrer (* 1961), Austrian politician (SPÖ) and works councilor
Waltraud Schoppe (* 1942), German politician
Waltraud Wende (* 1957), German Germanist, cultural and media scientist
Waltraud Wolff (* 1956), German politician (SPD)

Waltraut

Waltraut Bleiber (* 1926), German historian
Waltraut Cooper (* 1937), Austrian artist
Waltraut Rubien (1927–2017), German educator
Waltraut Haas (* 1927), Austrian actress and singer
Waltraut Kramm (* 1931), German actress
Waltraut Kruse (1925–2019), German psychotherapist and local politician (CDU)
Waltraut Seitter (1930–2007), German astronomer
Waltraut Skoddow (1942–2014), German writer

Other variants

Waltrud Viehböck (1937–2014), German-Austrian pharmacist and sculptor
Waltrude Schleyer (1916–2008), German physiotherapist, wife of Hanns Martin Schleyer
Waldtraut von Bohlen and Halbach (1920–2005), member of the Krupp family
Waldtraut Lewin (1937–2017), German writer, dramaturge and director
Waldtraut Schrickel (1920–2009), German prehistorian

Fictional people

Waltraute is a character in Richard Wagner's operas Die Walküre and Götterdämmerung
Waltraud is the nickname of the character of the gay Walters in the movie The Moving Man
Waltraud is one of the stage characters Waltraud and Mariechen , played by Martin Rassau

Others

Waldtraut vom Mühlwald , with 65.614 m (2013) the highest tree in Germany, Douglas fir in Freiburg-Günterstal , see Arboretum Freiburg-Günterstal

Individual evidence

↑ Whale. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 27 : W – way [twittering] -zwiesel - (XIII). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1922 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
↑ Trust. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 21 : T – Treftig - (XI, 1st section, part 1). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1935 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
↑ trust. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 25 : V – Verzwunzen - (XII, 1st division). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1956 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).

[Grimm1-1] Whale. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 27 : W – way [twittering] -zwiesel - (XIII). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1922 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).

[Grimm2-2] Trust. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 21 : T – Treftig - (XI, 1st section, part 1). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1935 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).

[Grimm3-3] trust. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 25 : V – Verzwunzen - (XII, 1st division). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1956 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).