Germanic feminine name derived from the ancient Teutonic root ud meaning 'prosperity' or 'fortune'; a name of the old German heroic sagas, also borne by a figure in the Nibelungenlied.
Vibe
playful
How it ages.
Feels distinctly mid-century German; ages as a name of a specific generation rather than timelessly.
The cultural moment.
Common in Germany and Austria through the 1950s and 1960s; rare for newborns since the 1980s.