Meaning and history
Traugott is a German masculine name formed from the phrase trau Gott, meaning “trust God.” It belongs to a group of devotional German names that became particularly characteristic of Protestant and Pietist communities in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Its meaning is a religious exhortation rather than an ancient Germanic compound. Notable bearers include German general Traugott Herr and German composer and conductor Traugott Maximilian Eberwein. Modern use is uncommon.