Trudy
August 4, 2015 § Leave a comment
ORIGIN:
Diminutive of “Gertrude“.
VARIATIONS and NICKNAMES:
Geltrude, Geretrudis, Gerta, Gertha, Gerthe, Gerti, Gertie, Gertraud, Gertrud, Gertruda, Gertrude, Gertrudes, Gertrudis, Gerty, Gurda, Gurde, Gurt, Kerttu, Tru, Truda, Trude, Trudi, Trudie, True, etc.
REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Trudy Leffer, Nina’s librarian mother, in Sleeping Arrangements, by Laura Cunningham (published 1989, set in the 1950s).
WRITERS:
– Trudy Dittmar (b. 1944), American essayist and nature writer.
– Trudy Larkin Förster (c.1935-2005), American novelist.
The Art of Literary Nomenclature 
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