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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • French : metronymic derived from Gertrude, or perhaps from a pet form of the personal name Thouroude. Compare Trudeau.
  • A Trudel from the Perche region of France is recorded in Quebec City in 1655.

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