Truth

Truth: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “truth”
Origin: English
Say it: TROOTH · 1 syllable
Used for: Both (35% girls, 65% boys since 1880)

An English word name. It belongs to the small group of vocabulary and virtue-style names used as given names.

English names Names meaning wisdom Names meaning faith Virtue names Modern names

How popular is Truth?

202451.0 per million US babies

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Babies named Truth in 2024169

2024 rank#1,500 boys

Peak year2021

Total US babies since 18802,085

Truth is rising: use over the last five years is 3.8× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Truth

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Truth questions

What does the name Truth mean?

Truth means "truth". It comes from English. An English word name. It belongs to the small group of vocabulary and virtue-style names used as given names.

Is Truth a boy or girl name?

Truth is used for both: about 35% of US babies named Truth since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Truth?

169 US babies were named Truth in 2024. Its peak year was 2021.

How do you pronounce Truth?

Truth is usually pronounced TROOTH.

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.