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Truc

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Truc is a girls' name of Vietnamese origin, meaning “bamboo”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Truc mean?

Vietnamese: Vietnamese, probably Truc written without tone marks

“bamboo”

Probably Vietnamese Trúc, the word for bamboo; tone marks are usually dropped on US records.

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Is Truc a girl's or a boy's name?

Truc is a girls' name.

How popular is Truc in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.

Half of all the girls named Truc in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.

1980Busiest: 12 in 19992010
Truc in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20105#16,985
20098#12,423
20085#17,498
20070–
20060–
20055#16,455
20049#10,684
20039#10,420
200212#8,274
20016#13,514
20007#11,794
199912#7,710
199811#8,011
19970–
199610#8,127
19950–
199410#8,116
199310#8,045
19926#11,730
199110#7,980
19909#8,495
198910#7,443
19885#11,792
19879#7,348
19867#8,518
19857#8,315
198411#5,898
198311#5,822
198210#6,369
19816#9,108
19806#9,093

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