Trudie

[nappyaddict]

Is there anything other than Gertrude that this could be a nickname for?

I don't like it , but if somebody else used it, I'd be half expecting it. I think it could be due a mini-revival.

If you love it use it, it's normal and it's very unusual.

I think it could stand as a name in it's own right really.

A bit like Jake or Max.

ermintrude?

Ermintrude

I like it. But it reminds me of the baby in Goodnight Mister Tom

I went to school with a Trudie. She's the only Trudie I've ever known. She was just Trudie.

My mum is Trudi. She hates it. She spends her life spelling her name out for people (how odd then that she saddled me with a similar name )

That people have difficult spelling it. Surely it can only be trudi, trudy or trudie!!

You'd be surprised nappy She still gets called 'Julie' by dd's nan! 4 years on and she's given up trying to correct her

Oooh i love the name Trudi!

I know a Trudy. Not short for anything, just Trudy. It's lovely, IMO.

urg, trudie styler.

I love Trudy - if I was to have another DD today she'd be called Trudy.

Not short for anything

When I see the name spelt 'Trudy', I immediately see it as the Polish word (which means 'difficulites' or 'hardships').

nappyaddict I like Trudie, and I wouldn't think of it as a shortened version of anything else.

If you like names ending in "ie" what about:

Sylvie
Connie
Elvie
Edie
Tammy etc etc

The problem with just having Trudy is that it's a bit too similar to Toby (part of DS' name)

Not that it matters as this is all hypothetical. My future DP probably will hate it!!

Trudie is cute as anything

I know two both in 40's - both one egg short of a dozen but I like that in folk!

i like it as name in its own right went to primary school with a trudy far too long ago now!

I thought "trude" was a normal ending for girls names in Germany, but it seems only Gertrude and Ermintrude are still used. I did find a list of old german names (when apparently it was popular) which included: Adaltrude, Beretrude, Engeltrude, Hiltrude, Magnatrude, Regintrude...

I think the only positive thing about that list is they make Gertrude sound good!

My friend at school was Trudie, short for Gertrude. Her mother was Austrian. She was sometimes called Gertie or rather dirty Gertie. Hence the name change to Trudie.