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True

True: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“faithful; genuine”
Origin
English
Say it
TROO · 1 syllable
Used for
Both (47% girls, 53% boys since 1880)

True is an English word name from the adjective meaning faithful or real. As a given name it is a modern virtue-style usage.

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How popular is True?

2024130 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named True in 2024434

2024 rank#983 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18804,291

True is rising: use over the last five years is 5.0× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like True

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Trutrue; faithful · English
  • Averyruler of elves · English
  • Riverriver · English
  • Sawyerwoodcutter · English
  • TatumTata's homestead · English
  • EmersonEmery's son · English
  • Haydenhay valley · English
  • Sagewise one; sage plant · English

True questions

What does the name True mean?

True means "faithful; genuine". It comes from English. True is an English word name from the adjective meaning faithful or real. As a given name it is a modern virtue-style usage.

Is True a boy or girl name?

True is used for both: about 47% of US babies named True since 1880 were girls.

How popular is True?

434 US babies were named True in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce True?

True is usually pronounced TROO.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.