Submitted Surname Revision History

As a German and Jewish surname, it is and Anglicized form of TREU or a similar surname.

As a French surname, it is a habitational name from a place in the Haute-Garonne.

As a Dutch surname, it is from a short form of the female personal names Geertrui and Geertruide, which are Dutch forms of GERTRUDE. It could also be from Middle Dutch troye ‘doublet’, ‘jerkin’, possibly a metonymic occupational name for a tailor, or a nickname for someone who wore a striking garment of this kind.