Tru

Tru is true with a haircut. A phonetic trim of True, or a nickname for Truman or Gertrude shaken loose from its parent, it carries the virtue of its root word without the extra letter. There's a whiff of Capote in it, author of In Cold Blood, whose first name was also a pared-down original. Ranked 618 and unisex, Tru fits neatly into the contemporary taste for short, declarative names that feel more like statements than traditions. One syllable, one vowel, a declaration as plain as a handshake. A name that doesn't decorate itself and doesn't need to.