100%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Germanic [1] Meaning & History Derived from Old Frankish aud "wealth, fortune" combined with war "true" or war "aware, cautious". This was the name of the first wife of Chilperic I of Neustria. Categories fortune, truth, watchful, wealth Sources & References Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 203.