Liaudė

Feminine form of Liaudas as well as a short form of feminine compound names that start with Liaud- (such as Liaudmina and Liaudvilė) or end in -liaudė, such as Vyliaudė.

However, it should be noted that Liaudė is also the name of a river in Lithuania, which is located in the county of Šiauliai. As such, it is possible that in some cases, bearers of the given name Liaudė were named directly after the river, rather than (for example) their name being a short form of their full name. With that said, the etymology of the river's name is uncertain. A common theory is that it is derived from the Lithuanian noun liaudis meaning "people, folk". Other theories propose a derivation from old Latvian ļaude meaning "people, nation" and old Estonian laud meaning "wet, moist, damp" as well as "humid".