Entry № 6054 · English origin

True True — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ TROO /

Gender

Girl

Origin

English

Meaning

"Faithful, real, honest"

Syllables

Rank · US 2025

№ 0

First recorded

Modern as given name

The meaning

A name that means "faithful, real, honest".

True comes from the Old English trēowe, meaning "faithful" or "honest." Used as a given name since the 2000s.

Khloé Kardashian and Tristan Thompson's daughter True Thompson (born 2018) brought the name celebrity visibility. The actress Tori Spelling's son Bay Phoenix and Jenna Bush Hager's son Hal also use modern word names.

Faithful, real. The English word, used as a name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

True

Transliteration: True
Pronunciation: / truː /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where True stands.

Current rank · 2025

№ 0 in the U.S.

All-time peak

№ 0 in 0

Babies named True · last year

142 in the U.S.

First entered SSA top-1000

Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular

Namesakes

Trues before her.

Real people

True Thompson

Daughter of Khloé Kardashian.

born 2018

In fiction

True

Common contemporary character name.

Names connected to True.

Numerology

The number behind True.

The Communicator

True reduces to three — the number of singular fidelity.

Parents on True

Why families chose this name.

"Four letters. Faithful, real. True was the name we wanted to call her."

Sarah · Mother of one · Los Angeles